योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-44, verse-10

परिवारैर्विलासिन्यो देव्य आहृत्य मूर्धजैः ।
आक्रन्दन्त्यो बलान्नीताः कुरर्य इव धीवरैः ॥ १० ॥

parivārairvilāsinyo devya āhṛtya mūrdhajaiḥ ,
ākrandantyo balānnītāḥ kurarya iva dhīvaraiḥ 10

10. parivāraiḥ vilāsinyaḥ devyaḥ āhṛtya mūrdhajaiḥ
ākrandantyaḥ balāt nītāḥ kuraryaḥ iva dhīvaraiḥ

10. parivāraiḥ vilāsinyaḥ devyaḥ mūrdhajaiḥ āhṛtya
ākrandantyaḥ balāt nītāḥ dhīvaraiḥ iva kuraryaḥ iva

10. The beautiful women and royal ladies, along with their attendants, were forcibly carried off, crying out, after being seized by their hair, just as ospreys are carried off by fishermen.

Words meanings summery:

• परिवारैः (parivāraiḥ) - along with their attendants (implying they were also taken) (by attendants, by family, with entourages)

• विलासिन्यः (vilāsinyaḥ) - beautiful women, pleasure-seeking women, consorts

• देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, queens, royal ladies

• आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having seized, having pulled, having taken

• मूर्धजैः (mūrdhajaiḥ) - by their hair, by hairs on the head

• आक्रन्दन्त्यः (ākrandantyaḥ) - crying out, wailing

• बलात् (balāt) - forcibly, by force

• नीताः (nītāḥ) - taken, carried off, led

• कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - ospreys, female curlews (birds known for their cries)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• धीवरैः (dhīvaraiḥ) - by fishermen

Words meanings and morphology

परिवारैः (parivāraiḥ) - along with their attendants (implying they were also taken) (by attendants, by family, with entourages)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parivāra

parivāra - retinue, entourage, family, attendants, household

Note: Indicates accompaniment of the women being taken.

विलासिन्यः (vilāsinyaḥ) - beautiful women, pleasure-seeking women, consorts

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vilāsinī

vilāsinī - beautiful woman, charming woman, graceful woman, mistress, courtesan

Feminine form of 'vilāsin' (playful, charming).

Prefix: vi

Root: las (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive action 'nītāḥ'.

देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, queens, royal ladies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devī

devī - goddess, queen, royal lady, lady of high rank

Feminine form of 'deva' (god, lord).

Note: Subject of the passive action 'nītāḥ', alongside 'vilāsinyaḥ'.

आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having seized, having pulled, having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √hṛ (हृ - to take, carry) with prefix ā (आ) and suffix -tya.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मूर्धजैः (mūrdhajaiḥ) - by their hair, by hairs on the head

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mūrdhaja

mūrdhaja - hair (growing on the head)

Compound 'mūrdhan' (head) + 'ja' (born, growing from).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mūrdhan+ja)

• mūrdhan – head, top, summit
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from, growing from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix derived from root √jan (जन् - to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Indicates the means by which the women were seized.

आक्रन्दन्त्यः (ākrandantyaḥ) - crying out, wailing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ākrandantī

ākrandantī - crying aloud, wailing, lamenting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √krand (क्रन्द् - to cry, lament) with prefix ā (आ). Feminine form.

Prefix: ā

Root: krand (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vilāsinyaḥ' and 'devyaḥ', describing their state during abduction.

बलात् (balāt) - forcibly, by force

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial modifier for 'nītāḥ'.

नीताः (nītāḥ) - taken, carried off, led

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīta

nīta - led, guided, carried, taken away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √nī (नी - to lead, carry).

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence, agreeing with 'vilāsinyaḥ devyaḥ'.

कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - ospreys, female curlews (birds known for their cries)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kurarī

kurarī - osprey, female curlew, a kind of bird known for its plaintive cries

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

धीवरैः (dhīvaraiḥ) - by fishermen

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhīvara

dhīvara - fisherman

Note: Agent of the implied action in the simile (catching/carrying off the ospreys).