योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-98, verse-26

प्रथमं पतितं तस्य शिरः परमदारुणम् ।
ततस्ते बाहवः पश्चाद्वक्षस्तदनु चोदरम् ॥ २६ ॥

prathamaṃ patitaṃ tasya śiraḥ paramadāruṇam ,
tataste bāhavaḥ paścādvakṣastadanu codaram 26

26. prathamaṃ patitaṃ tasya śiraḥ paramadāruṇam
tataḥ te bāhavaḥ paścāt vakṣaḥ tadanu ca udaram

26. prathamaṃ tasya paramadāruṇam śiraḥ patitam
tataḥ paścāt te bāhavaḥ tadanu ca vakṣaḥ udaram

26. First, his extremely dreadful head fell. Then, afterwards, those arms, and following that, the chest, and then the abdomen.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रथमं (prathamaṁ) - first (first, foremost, primary)

• पतितं (patitaṁ) - fell (fallen, dropped, descended)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• परमदारुणम् (paramadāruṇam) - extremely dreadful (exceedingly terrible, extremely dreadful)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• ते (te) - those (those, they)

• बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (after, afterwards, behind)

• वक्षः (vakṣaḥ) - chest (chest, breast)

• तदनु (tadanu) - following that (after that, subsequently, accordingly)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• उदरम् (udaram) - abdomen (belly, abdomen, womb)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रथमं (prathamaṁ) - first (first, foremost, primary)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, chief, initial

Note: Agrees with 'śiraḥ'.

पतितं (patitaṁ) - fell (fallen, dropped, descended)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended, lapsed, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (class 1, 'patati') + 'kta' (P.P.P. suffix).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively for the verb 'fell'.

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to the man from the previous verse.

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak, skull, chief

Note: Subject of 'patitaṃ'.

परमदारुणम् (paramadāruṇam) - extremely dreadful (exceedingly terrible, extremely dreadful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paramadāruṇa

paramadāruṇa - exceedingly terrible, very fierce, extremely dreadful, highly dangerous

Compound type : karmadharaya (parama+dāruṇa)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost, extreme, excellent
  adjective (neuter)
• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, fierce, cruel, severe, hard
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'śiraḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'bāhavaḥ'.

बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm, hand

Note: Subject of an implied 'patitaḥ'.

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (after, afterwards, behind)

(indeclinable)

वक्षः (vakṣaḥ) - chest (chest, breast)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vakṣas

vakṣas - chest, breast, bosom

Note: Subject of an implied 'patitam'.

तदनु (tadanu) - following that (after that, subsequently, accordingly)

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'tad' (that) and 'anu' (after).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

उदरम् (udaram) - abdomen (belly, abdomen, womb)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, abdomen, womb, interior, cavity

Note: Subject of an implied 'patitam'.