योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-32, verse-28

पतन्ति मोहिता मूढा दामव्यालकटा इव ।
क्व भ्रूक्षेपविनिष्पिष्टमेरुमन्दरसद्मता ॥ २८ ॥

patanti mohitā mūḍhā dāmavyālakaṭā iva ,
kva bhrūkṣepaviniṣpiṣṭamerumandarasadmatā 28

28. patanti mohitāḥ mūḍhāḥ dāma-vyāla-kaṭāḥ iva
kva bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā

28. mohitāḥ mūḍhāḥ dāma-vyāla-kaṭāḥ iva patanti
kva bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā

28. The bewildered and deluded ones fall, like wild elephants in rut (kaṭa) bound by chains (dāma). How can [their insignificance] be compared to the state of [being so powerful as to have] Mount Meru and Mandara crushed by a mere frown (bhrūkṣepa)?

Words meanings summery:

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall (they fall, they fly)

• मोहिताः (mohitāḥ) - bewildered ones (bewildered, deluded, infatuated ones)

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - deluded ones (foolish, stupid, deluded, ignorant ones)

• दाम-व्याल-कटाः (dāma-vyāla-kaṭāḥ) - wild elephants in rut (kaṭa) bound by chains (dāma) (elephants in rut bound by chains, wild elephants in rut tied by ropes)

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

• क्व (kva) - how can [this be compared]? (rhetorical) (where? how? in what place?)

• भ्रूक्षेप-विनिष्पिष्ट-मेरुमन्दर-सद्मता (bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā) - the state of [being so powerful as to have] Mount Meru and Mandara crushed by a mere frown (the state of having Mount Meru and Mandara crushed by a mere frown as one's dwelling/domain/status)

Words meanings and morphology

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall (they fall, they fly)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Present active

From root √pat (1st class, patati). 3rd plural present active.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The subject is mohitāḥ mūḍhāḥ.

मोहिताः (mohitāḥ) - bewildered ones (bewildered, deluded, infatuated ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mohita

mohita - deluded, bewildered, infatuated, confused

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the causative stem of √muh (to be bewildered, confused) with -ta suffix.

Root: muh (class 4)

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - deluded ones (foolish, stupid, deluded, ignorant ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - bewildered, deluded, foolish, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √muh (to be bewildered, confused) with -ta suffix, with vowel lengthening.

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Used synonymously or in conjunction with mohitāḥ.

दाम-व्याल-कटाः (dāma-vyāla-kaṭāḥ) - wild elephants in rut (kaṭa) bound by chains (dāma) (elephants in rut bound by chains, wild elephants in rut tied by ropes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāma-vyāla-kaṭa

dāma-vyāla-kaṭa - wild elephant in rut (kaṭa) held by chains (dāma)

Compound. dāma (chain) + vyāla (wild/rogue) + kaṭa (rut/temple of an elephant).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāma+vyāla+kaṭa)

• dāma – rope, cord, chain, bond
  noun (neuter)
• vyāla – wild animal, rogue elephant, snake, wicked
  noun (masculine)
  From √vyal (to be fierce).
  Root: vyal (class 1)
• kaṭa – rut (of an elephant), temple (of an elephant), chain, mat
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison with mohitāḥ mūḍhāḥ.

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle

क्व (kva) - how can [this be compared]? (rhetorical) (where? how? in what place?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative/relative adverb.

भ्रूक्षेप-विनिष्पिष्ट-मेरुमन्दर-सद्मता (bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā) - the state of [being so powerful as to have] Mount Meru and Mandara crushed by a mere frown (the state of having Mount Meru and Mandara crushed by a mere frown as one's dwelling/domain/status)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā

bhrūkṣepa-viniṣpiṣṭa-merumandara-sadmatā - the state of being a dwelling (sadma) where Meru and Mandara are crushed (viniṣpiṣṭa) by a frown (bhrūkṣepa); or, the state of immense power, able to crush mountains with a frown.

A very long compound. bhrūkṣepa (frown) + viniṣpiṣṭa (crushed) + merumandara (Meru and Mandara) + sadma (dwelling/state) + tā (abstract suffix).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrūkṣepa+viniṣpiṣṭa+merumandara+sadmatā)

• bhrūkṣepa – frowning, movement of the eyebrows, glance
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of bhrū (eyebrow) and kṣepa (throwing, casting, movement).
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• viniṣpiṣṭa – crushed, pounded, pulverized
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix vi- and ni- and root √piṣ (to crush, grind) with -ta suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: piṣ (class 7)
• merumandara – Mount Meru and Mount Mandara (mythical mountains)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Dvandva compound of Meru and Mandara.
• sadmatā – state of being a dwelling, state of equality/status, condition of being an abode
  noun (feminine)
  From sadma (dwelling, abode, equality) + tā (abstract suffix).

Note: The entire compound acts as a single noun, in nominative singular.