योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-13

संध्यायामथ भीत्येव दिवसः श्यामतां ययौ ।
पिशाचा भुवनं जग्मुरन्धकारभरा इव ॥ १३ ॥

saṃdhyāyāmatha bhītyeva divasaḥ śyāmatāṃ yayau ,
piśācā bhuvanaṃ jagmurandhakārabharā iva 13

13. sandhyāyām atha bhītyā iva divasaḥ śyāmatām
yayau piśācāḥ bhuvanam jagmuḥ andhakārabharāḥ iva

13. atha sandhyāyām bhītyā iva divasaḥ śyāmatām
yayau piśācāḥ andhakārabharāḥ iva bhuvanam jagmuḥ

13. Then, as if seized by fear in the evening twilight, the day itself turned dark. The piśācas (demons) pervaded the world, appearing like masses of darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ध्यायाम् (sandhyāyām) - in the evening twilight (in the evening, in the twilight)

• अथ (atha) - then, next, thereafter

• भीत्या (bhītyā) - as if out of fear (out of fear, by fear)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

• दिवसः (divasaḥ) - day

• श्यामताम् (śyāmatām) - turned dark (darkness, blackness, dark hue)

• ययौ (yayau) - became, turned (dark) (went, became)

• पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - piśācas, demons

• भुवनम् (bhuvanam) - the world (world, universe, space, dwelling)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they pervaded (they went, they pervaded)

• अन्धकारभराः (andhakārabharāḥ) - like masses of darkness (full of darkness, masses of darkness)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ध्यायाम् (sandhyāyām) - in the evening twilight (in the evening, in the twilight)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - juncture of day and night, twilight, evening

अथ (atha) - then, next, thereafter

(indeclinable)

भीत्या (bhītyā) - as if out of fear (out of fear, by fear)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhīti

bhīti - fear, fright

Derived from root bhī 'to fear'.

Root: bhī (class 3)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

दिवसः (divasaḥ) - day

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

Root: div

श्यामताम् (śyāmatām) - turned dark (darkness, blackness, dark hue)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śyāmatā

śyāmatā - darkness, blackness, dark hue

Derived from śyāma (dark) with suffix -tā.

Note: Object of the verb 'yayau' (to go to a state of).

ययौ (yayau) - became, turned (dark) (went, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of yā

perfect

3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: yā (class 2)

पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - piśācas, demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piśāca

piśāca - goblin, demon, fiend

भुवनम् (bhuvanam) - the world (world, universe, space, dwelling)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhuvana

bhuvana - world, universe, dwelling, creature, space

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of the verb 'jagmuḥ'.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they pervaded (they went, they pervaded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

perfect

3rd person plural, active voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

अन्धकारभराः (andhakārabharāḥ) - like masses of darkness (full of darkness, masses of darkness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of andhakārabhara

andhakārabhara - full of darkness, mass of darkness

Tatpurusha compound: andhakāra (darkness) + bhara (burden, mass, fullness). Here used adjectivally.

Compound type : tatpurusha (andhakāra+bhara)

• andhakāra – darkness, gloom
  noun (masculine)
• bhara – burden, weight, mass, fullness
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhṛ 'to bear, carry'.
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with piśācāḥ. Used with iva to form a simile.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)