योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-98, verse-7

स सहस्रेण बाहूनामादाय परिघान्बहून् ।
प्रहरत्यात्मनः पृष्ठे स्वात्मनैव पलायते ॥ ७ ॥

sa sahasreṇa bāhūnāmādāya parighānbahūn ,
praharatyātmanaḥ pṛṣṭhe svātmanaiva palāyate 7

7. saḥ sahasreṇa bāhūnām ādāya parighān bahūn
praharati ātmanaḥ pṛṣṭhe svātmanā eva palāyate

7. saḥ sahasreṇa bāhūnām bahūn parighān ādāya
ātmanaḥ pṛṣṭhe praharati eva svātmanā palāyate

7. He, grasping many iron clubs with his thousand arms, strikes his own back and then flees from his very self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - referring to the puruṣaḥ from the previous verse (he, that)

• सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - with a thousand

• बाहूनाम् (bāhūnām) - of arms

• आदाय (ādāya) - taking, grasping (taking, grasping, acquiring)

• परिघान् (parighān) - iron clubs (clubs, iron bars, maces)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, much

• प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes (strikes, hits, attacks)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - his own (of the self (ātman), his own)

• पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on his own back (on the back, behind)

• स्वात्मना (svātmanā) - by his own self (ātman) (by his own self (ātman), by himself)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• पलायते (palāyate) - flees (flees, runs away, escapes)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - referring to the puruṣaḥ from the previous verse (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of both verbs.

सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - with a thousand

(numeral)

बाहूनाम् (bāhūnām) - of arms

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

आदाय (ādāya) - taking, grasping (taking, grasping, acquiring)

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

From root √dā (to give) with prefix ā- (to take) + -ya suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

परिघान् (parighān) - iron clubs (clubs, iron bars, maces)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parigha

parigha - an iron club, bolt, mace, obstacle

From prefix pari- + root √han (to strike)

Prefix: pari

Root: han (class 2)

बहून् (bahūn) - many, much

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, abundant, numerous

प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes (strikes, hits, attacks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prahṛ

From root √hṛ (to take, carry) with prefix pra- (forth, forward, vehemently).

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - his own (of the self (ātman), his own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, supreme soul (ātman)

Note: Modifies pṛṣṭhe.

पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on his own back (on the back, behind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, rear

Root: pṛ

स्वात्मना (svātmanā) - by his own self (ātman) (by his own self (ātman), by himself)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svātman

svātman - one's own self, individual soul, supreme soul (ātman)

Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'ātman' (self).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+ātman)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective/pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, supreme soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Means "by his own self."

एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

पलायते (palāyate) - flees (flees, runs away, escapes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of palāy

From root √āy (to go) with prefix palā- (away). Often considered a denominative or a special root.

Prefix: palā

Root: āy (class 1)