योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-54

त्रीणि वध्यसहस्राणि तानि तस्यै तदा ददौ ।
सा बभूव निशा काले सैवोग्रा कृष्णराक्षसी ॥ ५४ ॥

trīṇi vadhyasahasrāṇi tāni tasyai tadā dadau ,
sā babhūva niśā kāle saivogrā kṛṣṇarākṣasī 54

54. trīṇi vadhyasahasrāṇi tāni tasyai tadā dadau
sā babhūva niśā kāle sā eva ugrā kṛṣṇarākṣasī

54. tadā saḥ tāni trīṇi vadhyasahasrāṇi tasyai
dadau kāle niśā sā eva ugrā kṛṣṇarākṣasī babhūva

54. Then he gave those three thousand victims to her. At night, she herself became a fierce, black demoness.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• वध्यसहस्राणि (vadhyasahasrāṇi) - thousands of victims (thousands of victims, thousands of those to be killed)

• तानि (tāni) - those

• तस्यै (tasyai) - to her (the goddess) (to her)

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

• ददौ (dadau) - he gave

• सा (sā) - she (the goddess) (she)

• बभूव (babhūva) - she became

• निशा (niśā) - night

• काले (kāle) - at the time (at the time, in due course)

• सा (sā) - she

• एव (eva) - herself (indeed, only, very, just)

• उग्रा (ugrā) - fierce (fierce, terrible, mighty)

• कृष्णराक्षसी (kṛṣṇarākṣasī) - black demoness

Words meanings and morphology

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `vadhyasahasrāṇi`.

वध्यसहस्राणि (vadhyasahasrāṇi) - thousands of victims (thousands of victims, thousands of those to be killed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vadhyasahasra

vadhyasahasra - thousand of those to be killed/victims

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (vadhya+sahasra)

• vadhya – to be killed, victim, fit for killing
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root 'han' (to kill) with suffix '-ya' (vadh-ya)
  Root: han (class 2)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Direct object of `dadau`.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `vadhyasahasrāṇi`.

तस्यै (tasyai) - to her (the goddess) (to her)

(pronoun)

Dative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Indirect object of `dadau`, referring to the goddess.

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

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) with suffix '-dā'

Note: Temporal adverb.

ददौ (dadau) - he gave

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The subject is the king (nṛpaḥ) from the previous verse.

सा (sā) - she (the goddess) (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Subject of `babhūva`.

बभूव (babhūva) - she became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for `sā`.

निशा (niśā) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niśā

niśā - night

Note: Part of the temporal phrase 'niśā kāle'.

काले (kāle) - at the time (at the time, in due course)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season

Note: Forms a temporal phrase 'niśā kāle' meaning 'at night time'.

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Reinforces the subject, 'she herself'.

एव (eva) - herself (indeed, only, very, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

उग्रा (ugrā) - fierce (fierce, terrible, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, mighty, strong

Note: Agrees with `kṛṣṇarākṣasī`.

कृष्णराक्षसी (kṛṣṇarākṣasī) - black demoness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇarākṣasī

kṛṣṇarākṣasī - black demoness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+rākṣasī)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• rākṣasī – demoness
  noun (feminine)

Note: Predicate nominative for `sā babhūva`.