योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-29, verse-17

मरिष्यामो मरिष्याम इति चिन्ताहताशयाः ।
मन्दं मन्दं किल भ्रेमुः कुपितैरावणे रणे ॥ १७ ॥

mariṣyāmo mariṣyāma iti cintāhatāśayāḥ ,
mandaṃ mandaṃ kila bhremuḥ kupitairāvaṇe raṇe 17

17. mariṣyāmaḥ mariṣyāma iti cintāhatāśayāḥ mandam
mandam kila bhremuḥ kupita-airāvaṇe raṇe

17. iti cintāhatāśayāḥ kupita-airāvaṇe raṇe mandam
mandam kila bhremuḥ "mariṣyāmaḥ mariṣyāma"

17. Repeating "We will die! We will die!", their hopes shattered by such anxiety (cintā), they indeed wandered about slowly in that battle against the enraged Airāvaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• मरिष्यामः (mariṣyāmaḥ) - we will die

• मरिष्याम (mariṣyāma) - we will die

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• चिन्ताहताशयाः (cintāhatāśayāḥ) - whose hopes were destroyed by anxiety

• मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

• मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, they say (particle of affirmation or report)

• भ्रेमुः (bhremuḥ) - they wandered, they roamed, they moved about

• कुपित-ऐरावणे (kupita-airāvaṇe) - in the enraged Airāvaṇa (elephant)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict

Words meanings and morphology

मरिष्यामः (mariṣyāmaḥ) - we will die

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 1)

मरिष्याम (mariṣyāma) - we will die

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Visarga dropped for metrical or stylistic reasons.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

चिन्ताहताशयाः (cintāhatāśayāḥ) - whose hopes were destroyed by anxiety

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cintāhatāśaya

cintāhatāśaya - one whose hopes/intentions are destroyed by anxiety

Bahuvrīhi compound: cintā (anxiety) + hata (destroyed) + āśaya (hope/intention).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cintā+hata+āśaya)

• cintā – thought, reflection, anxiety, worry
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from root cit-
  Root: cit (class 1)
• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, ruined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han- (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)
• āśaya – residence, seat, intention, purpose, hope
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-śī- (to lie, reside)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)

मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

(adverb)

Note: Repetition implies 'very slowly'.

मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

(adverb)

Note: Repetition implies 'very slowly'.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, they say (particle of affirmation or report)

(indeclinable)

भ्रेमुः (bhremuḥ) - they wandered, they roamed, they moved about

(verb)

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

Root: bhram (class 1)

कुपित-ऐरावणे (kupita-airāvaṇe) - in the enraged Airāvaṇa (elephant)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kupitairāvaṇa

kupitairāvaṇa - the enraged Airāvaṇa

Karmadhāraya compound: kupita (enraged) + airāvaṇa (Airāvaṇa).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kupita+airāvaṇa)

• kupita – enraged, angry, provoked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kup- (to be angry).
  Root: kup (class 4)
• airāvaṇa – Airāvaṇa (the elephant of Indra)
  proper noun (masculine)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict, fight

Root: raṇ (class 1)