योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-29, verse-21

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन मरणाद्भीतचेतसः ।
दैत्या देवेषु वलगत्सु दुद्रुवुः समराजिरात् ॥ २१ ॥

bahunātra kimuktena maraṇādbhītacetasaḥ ,
daityā deveṣu valagatsu dudruvuḥ samarājirāt 21

21. bahunā atra kim uktena maraṇāt bhītacetasaḥ
daityāḥ deveṣu valagatsu dudruvuḥ samarājirāt

21. atra bahunā uktena kim,
maraṇāt bhītacetasaḥ daityāḥ deveṣu valagatsu samarājirāt dudruvuḥ

21. What more needs to be said here? With their minds terrified of death, the demons fled from the battlefield as the gods exulted.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुना (bahunā) - by much (by much, with many, by a great deal)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this, in this matter)

• किम् (kim) - what (is the point) (what, why, is it that)

• उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said (by what has been said, by the spoken word)

• मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death (from death, because of death)

• भीतचेतसः (bhītacetasaḥ) - with their minds terrified (whose minds are terrified, frightened-minded)

• दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - the demons (the demons, sons of Diti)

• देवेषु (deveṣu) - as the gods (among the gods, upon the gods, when the gods)

• वलगत्सु (valagatsu) - exulted (lit. while exulting) (while leaping, while exulting, while brandishing)

• दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - they fled (they fled, they ran away, they retreated)

• समराजिरात् (samarājirāt) - from the battlefield (from the battlefield, from the line of battle)

Words meanings and morphology

बहुना (bahunā) - by much (by much, with many, by a great deal)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (is the point) (what, why, is it that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

Note: Used here as an interrogative particle, effectively making a rhetorical question.

उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said (by what has been said, by the spoken word)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (वच्); suffix kta (क्त)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'thing' or 'discourse'.

मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death (from death, because of death)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, mortality

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भीतचेतसः (bhītacetasaḥ) - with their minds terrified (whose minds are terrified, frightened-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhītacetas

bhītacetas - having a frightened mind, terrified

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīta+cetas)

• bhīta – frightened, scared, terrified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhī (भी); suffix kta (क्त)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with daityāḥ.

दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - the demons (the demons, sons of Diti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daitya

daitya - a demon, son of Diti (antagonists of the gods)

देवेषु (deveṣu) - as the gods (among the gods, upon the gods, when the gods)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with valagatsu.

वलगत्सु (valagatsu) - exulted (lit. while exulting) (while leaping, while exulting, while brandishing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of valagat

valagat - leaping, prancing, exulting, brandishing

Present Active Participle

from root valg (वल्ग्); suffix śatṛ (शतृ)

Root: valg (class 1)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with deveṣu.

दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - they fled (they fled, they ran away, they retreated)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of dru

perfect tense, 3rd person plural

from root dru (द्रु)

Root: dru (class 1)

समराजिरात् (samarājirāt) - from the battlefield (from the battlefield, from the line of battle)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of samarājira

samarājira - battlefield, line of battle, array

Compound type : tatpurusha (samara+ājira)

• samara – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
• ājira – battlefield, courtyard, arena
  noun (neuter)