योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-18

दशार्णाः पाशनिर्मुक्तश्रृङ्खला जालभीरवः ।
निलीना रक्तजम्बाले वैतसास्तिमयो यथा ॥ १८ ॥

daśārṇāḥ pāśanirmuktaśrṛṅkhalā jālabhīravaḥ ,
nilīnā raktajambāle vaitasāstimayo yathā 18

18. daśārṇāḥ pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhalāḥ jālabhīravaḥ
nilīnāḥ raktajambāle vaitasāḥ timayaḥ yathā

18. pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhalāḥ jālabhīravaḥ daśārṇāḥ
raktajambāle nilīnāḥ vaitasāḥ timayaḥ yathā

18. The Daśārṇas, whose chains were loosened from bonds, and who feared nets, concealed themselves in the red mud, like willow trees and fish.

Words meanings summery:

• दशार्णाः (daśārṇāḥ) - the people of Daśārṇa (a country/region)

• पाशनिर्मुक्तशृङ्खलाः (pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhalāḥ) - whose chains were freed from bonds/snares

• जालभीरवः (jālabhīravaḥ) - fearful of nets/traps

• निलीनाः (nilīnāḥ) - hidden, concealed, immersed

• रक्तजम्बाले (raktajambāle) - in the red mud/mire

• वैतसाः (vaitasāḥ) - willow trees

• तिमयः (timayaḥ) - fishes, whales

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

दशार्णाः (daśārṇāḥ) - the people of Daśārṇa (a country/region)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daśārṇa

daśārṇa - a country or its people, "ten rivers"

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पाशनिर्मुक्तशृङ्खलाः (pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhalāḥ) - whose chains were freed from bonds/snares

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhala

pāśanirmuktaśṛṅkhala - (those) whose chains (śṛṅkhala) are released (nirmukta) from bonds/snares (pāśa).

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāśa+nirmukta+śṛṅkhala)

• pāśa – noose, bond, fetter, snare
  noun (masculine)
• nirmukta – released, freed from, cast off
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'muc' with prefix 'nir'
  Prefix: nir
  Root: muc (class 6)
• śṛṅkhala – chain, fetter, shackle
  noun (masculine)

जालभीरवः (jālabhīravaḥ) - fearful of nets/traps

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jālabhīru

jālabhīru - afraid of nets or traps

Tatpurusha compound (jālāt bhīruḥ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāla+bhīru)

• jāla – net, snare, trap
  noun (neuter)
• bhīru – timid, fearful, cowards
  adjective

निलीनाः (nilīnāḥ) - hidden, concealed, immersed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nilīna

nilīna - hidden, concealed, merged, immersed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'lī' (to cling, dissolve) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

रक्तजम्बाले (raktajambāle) - in the red mud/mire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raktajambāla

raktajambāla - red mud/mire

Karmadhāraya compound (raktaś ca asau jambālaḥ)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rakta+jambāla)

• rakta – red, colored, dyed, impassioned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'rañj' (to color)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• jambāla – mud, mire, swamp, slush
  noun (masculine)

वैतसाः (vaitasāḥ) - willow trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaitasa

vaitasa - made of willow, a willow tree, belonging to a willow

Derived from 'vitasa' (reed, cane).

तिमयः (timayaḥ) - fishes, whales

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of timi

timi - a large fish, whale, sea-monster

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)