योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-6

पेतुः प्रलयपर्यस्तचन्द्रार्का इव दीप्तयः ।
शिरांसि कुन्डलोहयोततेजःपीततमांस्यथ ॥ ६ ॥

petuḥ pralayaparyastacandrārkā iva dīptayaḥ ,
śirāṃsi kunḍalohayotatejaḥpītatamāṃsyatha 6

6. petuḥ pralayaparyastacandrārkāḥ iva dīptayaḥ
śirāṃsi kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamāṃsi atha

6. atha kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamāṃsi śirāṃsi
pralayaparyastacandrārkāḥ iva dīptayaḥ petuḥ

6. Then, heads — whose profound darkness (or shadow) was absorbed by the dazzling brilliance of their earrings — fell, resembling the moon and sun cast down at the time of cosmic dissolution (pralaya).

Words meanings summery:

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell (fell, dropped, descended)

• प्रलयपर्यस्तचन्द्रार्काः (pralayaparyastacandrārkāḥ) - like the moon and sun overthrown at the time of cosmic dissolution (pralaya) (like the moon and sun thrown down at the time of dissolution)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• दीप्तयः (dīptayaḥ) - bright ones (referring to the shining heads or their ornaments) (splendors, bright ones, lights)

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

• कुण्डलोहद्योततेजःपीततमांसि (kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamāṁsi) - whose intense darkness (or shadow) was absorbed by the dazzling brilliance of their earrings (whose intense darkness was drunk up by the dazzling brilliance of their earrings)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell (fell, dropped, descended)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person plural, Perfect Active

Root: pat (class 1)

प्रलयपर्यस्तचन्द्रार्काः (pralayaparyastacandrārkāḥ) - like the moon and sun overthrown at the time of cosmic dissolution (pralaya) (like the moon and sun thrown down at the time of dissolution)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pralayaparyastacandrārka

pralayaparyastacandrārka - moon and sun cast down at the end of dissolution

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pralaya+paryasta+candra+arka)

• pralaya – dissolution, cosmic destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• paryasta – overthrown, cast down, scattered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root as 'to throw' with prefix pari.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dīptayaḥ

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

दीप्तयः (dīptayaḥ) - bright ones (referring to the shining heads or their ornaments) (splendors, bright ones, lights)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dīpti

dīpti - light, splendor, brilliance, radiance

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Subject (in apposition to śirāṃsi) or predicate nominative. More likely a predicate nominative or simile for śirāṃsi.

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

Note: Subject of petuḥ

कुण्डलोहद्योततेजःपीततमांसि (kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamāṁsi) - whose intense darkness (or shadow) was absorbed by the dazzling brilliance of their earrings (whose intense darkness was drunk up by the dazzling brilliance of their earrings)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamas

kuṇḍalohadyotatejaḥpītatamas - having intense darkness consumed by the brilliance of earring's glow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kuṇḍala+oha+dyota+tejas+pīta+tamas)

• kuṇḍala – earring, coil
  noun (neuter)
• oha – stream, flow, current (of light/brilliance)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vah 'to flow/carry', or simply a lexical item for flow
  Root: vah (class 1)
• dyota – shining, brilliant, lustre
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dyut 'to shine'.
  Root: dyut (class 1)
• tejas – brilliance, splendor, light, energy
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tij (class 6)
• pīta – drunk, absorbed, consumed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pā 'to drink'.
  Root: pā (class 1)
• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śirāṃsi.

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, moreover)

(indeclinable)