योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-16

सभया मूढदृष्टाश्च यत्किंचनकराश्चलाः ।
दीना वज्रासिनः क्रूरा दीना ग्राम्यजना इव ॥ १६ ॥

sabhayā mūḍhadṛṣṭāśca yatkiṃcanakarāścalāḥ ,
dīnā vajrāsinaḥ krūrā dīnā grāmyajanā iva 16

16. sabhayāḥ mūḍhadṛṣṭāḥ ca yatkiṃcanakarāḥ ca calāḥ
| dīnāḥ vajrāśinaḥ krūrāḥ dīnāḥ grāmyajanāḥ iva ||

16. sabhayāḥ mūḍhadṛṣṭāḥ ca yatkiṃcanakarāḥ ca calāḥ
dīnāḥ vajrāśinaḥ krūrāḥ dīnāḥ grāmyajanāḥ iva

16. They were fearful, with bewildered gazes, acting erratically, and restless. Wielding vajras, they were cruel and wretched, appearing like miserable villagers.

Words meanings summery:

• सभयाः (sabhayāḥ) - fearful, timid

• मूढदृष्टाः (mūḍhadṛṣṭāḥ) - bewildered-gazed, with stupefied looks

• च (ca) - and

• यत्किंचनकराः (yatkiṁcanakarāḥ) - doing whatever, acting erratically/haphazardly

• च (ca) - and

• चलाः (calāḥ) - restless, unsteady, moving

• दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

• वज्राशिनः (vajrāśinaḥ) - thunderbolt-wielders, those with vajras

• क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel, fierce

• दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

• ग्राम्यजनाः (grāmyajanāḥ) - villagers, rustic people

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

सभयाः (sabhayāḥ) - fearful, timid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sabhaya

sabhaya - fearful, with fear

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+bhaya)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  prefix
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)

मूढदृष्टाः (mūḍhadṛṣṭāḥ) - bewildered-gazed, with stupefied looks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍhadṛṣṭa

mūḍhadṛṣṭa - having bewildered looks, whose gaze is stupefied

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mūḍha+dṛṣṭa)

• mūḍha – bewildered, confused, infatuated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √muh (to be bewildered, confused)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• dṛṣṭa – gaze, sight, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  from √dṛś (to see), here functioning as a noun for 'gaze'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत्किंचनकराः (yatkiṁcanakarāḥ) - doing whatever, acting erratically/haphazardly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yatkiṃcanakara

yatkiṁcanakara - doing whatever, haphazard, arbitrary

Compound type : upapada-samāsa (yatkiṃcana+kara)

• yatkiṃcana – whatever, anything
  pronoun
• kara – doer, maker, performing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चलाः (calāḥ) - restless, unsteady, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cala

cala - moving, unsteady, restless, fickle

Root: cal (class 1)

दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīna

dīna - wretched, miserable, humble, distressed

Past Passive Participle

from √dai or √dī (to languish, fade, be wretched)

Root: dai/dī (class 4)

वज्राशिनः (vajrāśinaḥ) - thunderbolt-wielders, those with vajras

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajrāśin

vajrāśin - wielder of a thunderbolt, having vajras

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vajra+āsin)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)
• āsin – sitting, abiding, having, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (secondary suffix -in)
  derived from √ās (to sit, dwell, be present, possess)
  Root: ās (class 2)

क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh, savage

दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīna

dīna - wretched, miserable, humble, distressed

Past Passive Participle

from √dai or √dī (to languish, fade, be wretched)

Root: dai/dī (class 4)

ग्राम्यजनाः (grāmyajanāḥ) - villagers, rustic people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of grāmyajana

grāmyajana - villager, rustic person

Compound type : tatpurusha (grāmya+jana)

• grāmya – of a village, rustic, common
  adjective
• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)