योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-15

नाराचैश्चर्विताश्चीना जीर्णा जर्जरजीविताः ।
जहुर्जलनिधौ देहान्भारभूतानिव स्थितान् ॥ १५ ॥

nārācaiścarvitāścīnā jīrṇā jarjarajīvitāḥ ,
jahurjalanidhau dehānbhārabhūtāniva sthitān 15

15. nārācaiḥ carvitāḥ cīnāḥ jīrṇāḥ jarjarajīvitāḥ
jahuḥ jalanidhau dehān bhārabhūtān iva sthitān

15. cīnāḥ nārācaiḥ carvitāḥ jīrṇāḥ jarjarajīvitāḥ
bhārabhūtān iva sthitān dehān jalanidhau jahuḥ

15. The Chinas, torn apart by arrows, their lives wasted and shattered, abandoned their bodies, which had become a burden, in the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by arrows

• चर्विताः (carvitāḥ) - attacked, tormented, consumed

• चीनाः (cīnāḥ) - the Chinese, people from China

• जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - wasted, worn out, destroyed

• जर्जरजीविताः (jarjarajīvitāḥ) - whose lives were shattered/broken/worn out

• जहुः (jahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up

• जलनिधौ (jalanidhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

• देहान् (dehān) - bodies

• भारभूतान् (bhārabhūtān) - having become a burden, burdensome

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• स्थितान् (sthitān) - having become, situated, existing

Words meanings and morphology

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a particular kind of arrow

चर्विताः (carvitāḥ) - attacked, tormented, consumed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of carvita

carvita - eaten, chewed, devoured, attacked, tormented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'carv' (to chew)

Root: carv (class 1)

चीनाः (cīnāḥ) - the Chinese, people from China

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cīna

cīna - China, Chinese people

जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - wasted, worn out, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - wasted, worn out, old, dilapidated, digested, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jṝ' (to waste, grow old)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

जर्जरजीविताः (jarjarajīvitāḥ) - whose lives were shattered/broken/worn out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jarjarajīvita

jarjarajīvita - one whose life is shattered/broken

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarjara+jīvita)

• jarjara – shattered, broken, dilapidated, infirm
  adjective
• jīvita – life, living, livelihood
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'cīnāḥ'.

जहुः (jahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of hā

Perfect Active

Root 'hā' (to abandon), reduplicated form.

Root: hā (class 3)

जलनिधौ (jalanidhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jalanidhi

jalanidhi - ocean, sea (literally "storehouse of water")

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+nidhi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• nidhi – treasure, store, receptacle
  noun (masculine)

देहान् (dehān) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, person

Note: Object of 'jahuḥ'.

भारभूतान् (bhārabhūtān) - having become a burden, burdensome

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhārabhūta

bhārabhūta - become a burden, burdensome

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāra+bhūta)

• bhāra – burden, load, weight
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, past, being, creature
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

स्थितान् (sthitān) - having become, situated, existing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, remaining, existing, become, being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand, exist, be)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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