योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-17

अन्योन्यं पूरयामासुः शस्त्रपूरैर्दिशो दश ।
वनानि कुसुमव्रातैः सुमेराविव मारुतः ॥ १७ ॥

anyonyaṃ pūrayāmāsuḥ śastrapūrairdiśo daśa ,
vanāni kusumavrātaiḥ sumerāviva mārutaḥ 17

17. anyonyam pūrayām āsuḥ śastrapūraiḥ diśaḥ daśa
vanāni kusumavrātāiḥ sumerau iva mārutaḥ

17. anyonyam diśaḥ daśa śastrapūraiḥ pūrayām āsuḥ
mārutaḥ iva sumerau vanāni kusumavrātāiḥ

17. They attacked each other, filling all ten directions with showers of weapons, just as the wind on Mount Sumeru fills the forests with masses of flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• पूरयाम् (pūrayām) - filling (part of periphrastic perfect)

• आसुः (āsuḥ) - they were (auxiliary for periphrastic perfect)

• शस्त्रपूरैः (śastrapūraiḥ) - with showers of weapons

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests

• कुसुमव्राताइः (kusumavrātāiḥ) - with masses of flowers

• सुमेरौ (sumerau) - on Mount Sumeru

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

Note: Indicates reciprocal action of filling with weapons, i.e., assailing each other.

पूरयाम् (pūrayām) - filling (part of periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

periphrastic perfect stem (ām-suffix)

Absolutivized stem for periphrastic perfect construction

Root: pṛ (class 9)

आसुः (āsuḥ) - they were (auxiliary for periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of as

perfect tense

3rd person plural perfect active auxiliary

Root: as (class 2)

शस्त्रपूरैः (śastrapūraiḥ) - with showers of weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śastrapūra

śastrapūra - flood/shower/abundance of weapons

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (śastra+pūra)

• śastra – weapon, sword
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, stream, abundance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the means of filling.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of compass

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of 'pūrayām āsuḥ'.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'diśaḥ'.

वनानि (vanāni) - forests

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of the implied verb 'fills' in the simile.

कुसुमव्राताइः (kusumavrātāiḥ) - with masses of flowers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kusumavrāta

kusumavrāta - mass/host/multitude of flowers

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (kusuma+vrāta)

• kusuma – flower
  noun (neuter)
• vrāta – host, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the means of filling in the simile.

सुमेरौ (sumerau) - on Mount Sumeru

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sumeru

sumeru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, central to many cosmologies)

Note: Location in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, god of wind (Marut)

Root: mṛ

Note: Subject in the simile.