योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-34, verse-4

दामादयस्तु रचिता ये मया माययाऽसुराः ।
मौर्ख्यातैर्भाविता युद्धे मिथ्यैव दुरहंकृतिः ॥ ४ ॥

dāmādayastu racitā ye mayā māyayā'surāḥ ,
maurkhyātairbhāvitā yuddhe mithyaiva durahaṃkṛtiḥ 4

4. dāmādayaḥ tu racitāḥ ye mayā māyayā asurāḥ maurkhyāt
etaiḥ bhāvitāḥ yuddhe mithyā eva durahaṅkṛtiḥ

4. mayā māyayā ye dāmādayaḥ asurāḥ tu racitāḥ,
etaiḥ maurkhyāt yuddhe mithyā eva durahaṅkṛtiḥ bhāvitāḥ.

4. Dama and other such Asuras, whom I created through my illusion (māyā), were indeed characterized in battle by a false and misguided ego (ahaṅkāra) due to their foolishness.

Words meanings summery:

• दामादयः (dāmādayaḥ) - Dama and other specific Asuras (Dama and others, beginning with Dama)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• रचिताः (racitāḥ) - created (created, composed, arranged)

• ये (ye) - who (referring to the Asuras) (who (masculine nominative plural))

• मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

• मायया (māyayā) - by means of illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by māyā, by magic)

• असुराः (asurāḥ) - Asuras (demonic beings) (demons, anti-gods, powerful beings)

• मौर्ख्यात् (maurkhyāt) - due to their foolishness (from foolishness, due to foolishness)

• एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these (Asuras) (by these (masculine instrumental plural))

• भाविताः (bhāvitāḥ) - characterized (by) (caused to be, manifested, instilled, thought of, characterized by)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, wrongly, untrue)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• दुरहङ्कृतिः (durahaṅkṛtiḥ) - false and misguided ego (ahaṅkāra) (misguided ego, false pride, evil ego)

Words meanings and morphology

दामादयः (dāmādayaḥ) - Dama and other specific Asuras (Dama and others, beginning with Dama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāmādaya

dāmādaya - Dama and others

compound of Dama (proper noun) and ādi (beginning)

Compound type : dvandva (implied) (dāma+ādi)

• dāma – name of an Asura
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

रचिताः (racitāḥ) - created (created, composed, arranged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of racita

racita - created, made, composed

Past Passive Participle

from root rac with suffix -ta

Root: rac (class 1)

Note: Agrees with asurāḥ

ये (ye) - who (referring to the Asuras) (who (masculine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

मायया (māyayā) - by means of illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by māyā, by magic)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, divine creative power

Root: mā (class 4)

Note: Original term (māyā) to be used in translation.

असुराः (asurāḥ) - Asuras (demonic beings) (demons, anti-gods, powerful beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, anti-god, powerful being

Root: as (class 4)

मौर्ख्यात् (maurkhyāt) - due to their foolishness (from foolishness, due to foolishness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, stupidity

derived from mūrkha (foolish) with suffix -ya

Note: Expresses cause.

एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these (Asuras) (by these (masculine instrumental plural))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to Dama and other Asuras.

भाविताः (bhāvitāḥ) - characterized (by) (caused to be, manifested, instilled, thought of, characterized by)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvita

bhāvita - manifested, caused, cultivated, considered, characterized by

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū with causative suffix -i and kta suffix -ta

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

from root yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false (falsely, wrongly, untrue)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

दुरहङ्कृतिः (durahaṅkṛtiḥ) - false and misguided ego (ahaṅkāra) (misguided ego, false pride, evil ego)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durahaṅkṛti

durahaṅkṛti - misguided ego, false pride, evil ego

compound of dur (bad) and ahaṅkṛti (ego)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+ahaṅkṛti)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ahaṅkṛti – ego, egoism
  noun (feminine)
  from aham (I) and kṛ (do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)