योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-60, verse-7

दिनं तन्मात्रवातेन तत्प्राणात्मतया यथा ।
आक्रम्यन्ते प्रचण्डेन दैत्यौघेनामरा इव ॥ ७ ॥

dinaṃ tanmātravātena tatprāṇātmatayā yathā ,
ākramyante pracaṇḍena daityaughenāmarā iva 7

7. dinam tanmātravātena tatprāṇātmatayā yathā
ākramyante pracaṇḍena daityaughena amarāḥ iva

7. yathā amarāḥ pracaṇḍena daityaughena iva ākramyante,
dinam tanmātravātena tatprāṇātmatayā ākramyante

7. Just as the gods (amara) are overwhelmed by a formidable host of demons, so too the day is encompassed by the air of subtle elements (tanmātra) through its nature as vital force (prāṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• दिनम् (dinam) - day

• तन्मात्रवातेन (tanmātravātena) - by the air of subtle elements

• तत्प्राणात्मतया (tatprāṇātmatayā) - by its nature as vital force (prāṇa)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• आक्रम्यन्ते (ākramyante) - they are assailed, they are overwhelmed, they are attacked

• प्रचण्डेन (pracaṇḍena) - by the fierce, by the terrible, by the formidable

• दैत्यौघेन (daityaughena) - by the multitude of demons, by the host of demons

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal ones, gods

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

दिनम् (dinam) - day

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dina

dina - day

Note: Object of ākramyante (implied, or collective sense).

तन्मात्रवातेन (tanmātravātena) - by the air of subtle elements

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tanmātravāta

tanmātravāta - air of subtle elements, subtle elemental wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanmātra+vāta)

• tanmātra – subtle element, pure element (sound, touch, sight, taste, smell)
  noun (neuter)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Agent for the implied action upon 'day'.

तत्प्राणात्मतया (tatprāṇātmatayā) - by its nature as vital force (prāṇa)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tatprāṇātmatā

tatprāṇātmatā - the state of having that as its vital force, its nature as vital force

tat (that) + prāṇa (vital force) + ātman (self/nature) + tā (abstract suffix).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tad+prāṇa+ātman+tā)

• tad – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• prāṇa – vital breath, life force, principal energy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  indeclinable

Note: Specifies the manner or means.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

आक्रम्यन्ते (ākramyante) - they are assailed, they are overwhelmed, they are attacked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of kram

Present passive third person plural

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

प्रचण्डेन (pracaṇḍena) - by the fierce, by the terrible, by the formidable

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pracaṇḍa

pracaṇḍa - fierce, violent, terrible, formidable

Prefix: pra

Root: caṇḍ

दैत्यौघेन (daityaughena) - by the multitude of demons, by the host of demons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daityaugha

daityaugha - multitude of demons, host of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daitya+ogha)

• daitya – demon, son of Diti
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, multitude, stream, heap
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of the passive verb.

अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal ones, gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god, deity

a- (negative prefix) + mara (mortal)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mara)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  prefix
• mara – dying, mortal, death
  noun (masculine)
  From root √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first ākramyante.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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