योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-28

ततो यमभटा एते कालपाशान्विता इति ।
नीयमानः प्रयाम्येभिः क्रमाद्यमपुरं त्विति ॥ २८ ॥

tato yamabhaṭā ete kālapāśānvitā iti ,
nīyamānaḥ prayāmyebhiḥ kramādyamapuraṃ tviti 28

28. tataḥ ete yamabhaṭāḥ kālapāśa-anvitāḥ iti
nīyamānaḥ prayāmi ebhiḥ kramāt yamapuram tu iti

28. tataḥ ete yamabhaṭāḥ kālapāśa-anvitāḥ iti,
ebhiḥ nīyamānaḥ,
tu kramāt yamapuram prayāmi iti

28. Then, [he thinks]: 'These are Yama's attendants, armed with the snares of time (kālapāśa). I am being led by them, and thus, I am gradually proceeding to the city of Yama.'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

• एते (ete) - these

• यमभटाः (yamabhaṭāḥ) - attendants of Yama

• कालपाश-अन्विताः (kālapāśa-anvitāḥ) - endowed with the snares of time (kālapāśa)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

• नीयमानः (nīyamānaḥ) - being led, being carried

• प्रयामि (prayāmi) - I go, I proceed

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these (masculine/neuter)

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due order/course

• यमपुरम् (yamapuram) - to the city of Yama

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

यमभटाः (yamabhaṭāḥ) - attendants of Yama

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yamabhaṭa

yamabhaṭa - attendant of Yama, Yama's soldier

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yama+bhaṭa)

• yama – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhaṭa – attendant, soldier
  noun (masculine)

कालपाश-अन्विताः (kālapāśa-anvitāḥ) - endowed with the snares of time (kālapāśa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālapāśa-anvita

kālapāśa-anvita - furnished/equipped with the noose of time/death

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kālapāśa+anvita)

• kālapāśa – noose of time/death
  noun (masculine)
• anvita – accompanied, endowed, joined with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root √iñc (इञ्च्) with prefix anu- (अनु) or from √i (इ) with prefix anu- (अनु). Often used as an adjective.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: iñc / i (class 10)

Note: agrees with yamabhaṭāḥ

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

(indeclinable)

नीयमानः (nīyamānaḥ) - being led, being carried

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīyamāna

nīyamāna - being led, being carried

Present Passive Participle

derived from root √nī (नी) in passive voice, Present Tense

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: agrees with the implied subject 'I'

प्रयामि (prayāmi) - I go, I proceed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

1st Person Singular, Present Tense, Active Voice

root √yā (या) with prefix pra- (प्र)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in due order/course

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially

यमपुरम् (yamapuram) - to the city of Yama

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yamapura

yamapura - city of Yama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yama+pura)

• yama – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

(indeclinable)

Note: marks the end of the thought