योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-50, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
तस्मिंस्तदा वर्तमाने घोरे समरविभ्रमे ।
सर्वारिसैन्यनाशार्थमेकं स्वबलशान्तये ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
tasmiṃstadā vartamāne ghore samaravibhrame ,
sarvārisainyanāśārthamekaṃ svabalaśāntaye 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca tasmin tadā vartamāne ghore
samaravibhramae sarvārisainyanāśārtham ekam svabalaśāntaye

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca / tadā tasmin ghore samaravibhramae
vartamāne / sarvārisainyanāśārtham svabalaśāntaye ekam

1. Shri Vasiṣṭha said: Then, during that dreadful chaos of battle, for the destruction of all enemy armies and for the appeasement of one's own forces, a single (measure was taken).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - during that (in that, on that, at that)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time (then, at that time, at that moment)

• वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing (being, existing, occurring, present, ongoing)

• घोरे (ghore) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful)

• समरविभ्रमए (samaravibhramae) - during that chaos of battle (in the confusion of battle, in the turmoil of war)

• सर्वारिसैन्यनाशार्थम् (sarvārisainyanāśārtham) - for the destruction of all enemy armies (for the purpose of destroying all enemy armies)

• एकम् (ekam) - a single (measure) (one, a single, unique)

• स्वबलशान्तये (svabalaśāntaye) - for the appeasement of one's own forces (army) (for the peace/appeasement of one's own army)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Shri Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense

Root 'vac', perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - during that (in that, on that, at that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - That, this, he, she, it

Note: Also possible for neuter singular locative.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time (then, at that time, at that moment)

(indeclinable)

वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing (being, existing, occurring, present, ongoing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - Being, existing, current, present, ongoing

Present Participle

From root 'vṛt' (to be, exist, turn), ātmanepada.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'samaravibhramae'.

घोरे (ghore) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - Dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful, terrific

Note: Modifies 'samaravibhramae'.

समरविभ्रमए (samaravibhramae) - during that chaos of battle (in the confusion of battle, in the turmoil of war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samaravibhrama

samaravibhrama - Confusion/turmoil of battle, great war commotion

Compound of 'samara' (battle) and 'vibhrama' (confusion/turmoil)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samara+vibhrama)

• samara – Battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• vibhrama – Confusion, perplexity, agitation, turmoil, disarray
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

सर्वारिसैन्यनाशार्थम् (sarvārisainyanāśārtham) - for the destruction of all enemy armies (for the purpose of destroying all enemy armies)

(indeclinable)

Compound ending in -artham, indicating purpose.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+ari+sainya+nāśa+artham)

• sarva – All, every, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• ari – Enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• sainya – Army, host, military
  noun (neuter)
  Root: senā
• nāśa – Destruction, loss, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• artham – For the sake of, for the purpose of, for
  indeclinable

एकम् (ekam) - a single (measure) (one, a single, unique)

(numeral)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Refers to an implied neuter noun like 'kāryam' (action) or 'upāyam' (measure).

स्वबलशान्तये (svabalaśāntaye) - for the appeasement of one's own forces (army) (for the peace/appeasement of one's own army)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of svabalaśānti

svabalaśānti - Peace/appeasement of one's own army/forces

Compound of 'sva' (one's own), 'bala' (army), and 'śānti' (peace).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bala+śānti)

• sva – One's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• bala – Strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)
• śānti – Peace, tranquility, appeasement, cessation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śam (class 1)