योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-87, verse-3

जक्षुस्तान्देहकांस्तत्र क्रव्यादा वनवासिनः ।
इतश्चेतश्च लुठितान्सुफलानीव मर्कटाः ॥ ३ ॥

jakṣustāndehakāṃstatra kravyādā vanavāsinaḥ ,
itaścetaśca luṭhitānsuphalānīva markaṭāḥ 3

3. jakṣuḥ tān dehakān tatra kravyādāḥ vanavāsinaḥ
itaḥ ca itaḥ ca luṭhitān suphalāni iva markaṭāḥ

3. tatra vanavāsinaḥ kravyādāḥ markaṭāḥ suphalāni
iva itaḥ ca itaḥ ca luṭhitān tān dehakān jakṣuḥ

3. In that place, the flesh-eating forest dwellers devoured those bodies, which lay scattered here and there, just as monkeys would good fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• जक्षुः (jakṣuḥ) - they devoured (they ate, devoured)

• तान् (tān) - those (bodies) (those)

• देहकान् (dehakān) - those mere bodies (small bodies, mere bodies)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that place (there, in that place)

• क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eating animals (flesh-eaters, carnivores, vultures)

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - (those) forest dwellers (forest dwellers, hermits)

• इतः (itaḥ) - here (in "here and there") (hence, from here, hither)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इतः (itaḥ) - there (in "here and there") (hence, from here, thither)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• लुठितान् (luṭhitān) - lying scattered (rolled, fallen, scattered)

• सुफलानि (suphalāni) - good fruits (good fruits, excellent fruits)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• मर्कटाः (markaṭāḥ) - monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

जक्षुः (jakṣuḥ) - they devoured (they ate, devoured)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ghas / jakṣ

Perfect Active

3rd person plural Perfect active of √ghas (with reduplication and internal sandhi jakṣ)

Root: ghas (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those (bodies) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with dehakān.

देहकान् (dehakān) - those mere bodies (small bodies, mere bodies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dehaka

dehaka - small body, mere body

Diminutive of deha with -ka suffix

Note: Object of jakṣuḥ.

तत्र (tatra) - in that place (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eating animals (flesh-eaters, carnivores, vultures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - flesh-eater, carnivore, cannibal

From kravya (raw flesh) + √ad (to eat)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kravya+ada)

• kravya – raw flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eater, eating (suffix)
  adjective
  Agent noun from √ad
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Subject of jakṣuḥ.

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - (those) forest dwellers (forest dwellers, hermits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest dweller, hermit

From vana (forest) + vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabiting
  adjective
  Agent noun/adjective
  Agent noun from √vas 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kravyādāḥ.

इतः (itaḥ) - here (in "here and there") (hence, from here, hither)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इतः (itaḥ) - there (in "here and there") (hence, from here, thither)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in conjunction with the first itaḥ to mean "here and there".

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

लुठितान् (luṭhitān) - lying scattered (rolled, fallen, scattered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of luṭhita

luṭhita - rolled, thrown, fallen, scattered

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √luṭh

Root: luṭh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tān dehakān.

सुफलानि (suphalāni) - good fruits (good fruits, excellent fruits)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of suphala

suphala - good fruit, excellent fruit

From su- (good) + phala (fruit)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+phala)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of implicit verb 'eat' in the comparison.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

मर्कटाः (markaṭāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of markaṭa

markaṭa - monkey, ape

Note: Subject of the comparison.