योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-4, verse-8

बभूवुरल्पसंचारा जना दशसु दिक्ष्वपि ।
सावधानतया श्रोतुमिव संत्यक्तचेष्टिताः ॥ ८ ॥

babhūvuralpasaṃcārā janā daśasu dikṣvapi ,
sāvadhānatayā śrotumiva saṃtyaktaceṣṭitāḥ 8

8. babhūvuḥ alpasaṃcārāḥ janāḥ daśasu dikṣu api
sāvadhānatayā śrotum iva saṃtyaktaceṣṭitāḥ

8. janāḥ daśasu dikṣu api alpasaṃcārāḥ babhūvuḥ
śrotum sāvadhānatayā saṃtyaktaceṣṭitāḥ iva

8. People moved very little, even in all ten directions. It was as if they had abandoned all activities to listen with utmost attention.

Words meanings summery:

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

• अल्पसंचाराः (alpasaṁcārāḥ) - having very little movement (having little movement, moving little)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• दशसु (daśasu) - in the ten (in ten)

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions (in directions)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• सावधानतया (sāvadhānatayā) - with utmost attention (with carefulness, carefully, attentively)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to listen (to hear, to listen)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

• संत्यक्तचेष्टिताः (saṁtyaktaceṣṭitāḥ) - those who had abandoned (all) activities (whose activities are abandoned, having abandoned activities)

Words meanings and morphology

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

अल्पसंचाराः (alpasaṁcārāḥ) - having very little movement (having little movement, moving little)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alpasaṃcāra

alpasaṁcāra - moving little, having little movement

Compound type : karmadhāraya (alpa+saṃcāra)

• alpa – little, small
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃcāra – movement, going about
  noun (masculine)
  from √car with sam- prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people

Root: jan (class 4)

दशसु (daśasu) - in the ten (in ten)

(numeral)

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions (in directions)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter

Root: diś (class 6)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

सावधानतया (sāvadhānatayā) - with utmost attention (with carefulness, carefully, attentively)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sāvadhānatā

sāvadhānatā - carefulness, attentiveness

derived from sāvadhāna + tā (suffix)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to listen (to hear, to listen)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

(indeclinable)

संत्यक्तचेष्टिताः (saṁtyaktaceṣṭitāḥ) - those who had abandoned (all) activities (whose activities are abandoned, having abandoned activities)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃtyaktaceṣṭita

saṁtyaktaceṣṭita - whose activities are abandoned, having abandoned activities

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃtyakta+ceṣṭita)

• saṃtyakta – abandoned, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √tyaj with sam- prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• ceṣṭita – activity, effort
  noun (neuter)
  from √ceṣṭ
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)