योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-17

कियन्तः पश्य पशवः प्रत्यहं प्रतिमण्डलम् ।
सूनावद्भिर्निहन्यन्ते कैवात्र परिदेवना ॥ १७ ॥

kiyantaḥ paśya paśavaḥ pratyahaṃ pratimaṇḍalam ,
sūnāvadbhirnihanyante kaivātra paridevanā 17

17. kiyantaḥ paśya paśavaḥ pratyaham pratimandalam
sūnāvadbhiḥ nihanyante kā eva atra paridevanā

17. paśya kiyantaḥ paśavaḥ pratyaham pratimandalam
sūnāvadbhiḥ nihanyante atra kā eva paridevanā

17. Just look, how many animals are slaughtered daily in every region by butchers! What cause for lamentation is there in this?

Words meanings summery:

• कियन्तः (kiyantaḥ) - how many, how much

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

• पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle

• प्रत्यहम् (pratyaham) - every day, daily

• प्रतिमन्दलम् (pratimandalam) - in every region, in every district

• सूनावद्भिः (sūnāvadbhiḥ) - by butchers (by those possessing slaughterhouses, by butchers)

• निहन्यन्ते (nihanyante) - are killed, are slaughtered

• का (kā) - what, which

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, wailing

Words meanings and morphology

कियन्तः (kiyantaḥ) - how many, how much

(interrogative adjective)

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative, 2nd person singular, active voice of root `dṛś` (class 1, `bhvādi`).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

प्रत्यहम् (pratyaham) - every day, daily

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+ahan)

• prati – each, every
  indeclinable
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

प्रतिमन्दलम् (pratimandalam) - in every region, in every district

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+maṇḍala)

• prati – each, every
  indeclinable
• maṇḍala – region, district, circle
  noun (neuter)

सूनावद्भिः (sūnāvadbhiḥ) - by butchers (by those possessing slaughterhouses, by butchers)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sūnāvat

sūnāvat - possessing a slaughterhouse (sūnā); a butcher

Derived from `sūnā` (slaughterhouse) with `matup` suffix (`vat`).

निहन्यन्ते (nihanyante) - are killed, are slaughtered

(verb)

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

Passive voice, 3rd person plural, present tense of root `han` (class 2, `adādi`), with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

का (kā) - what, which

(interrogative pronoun)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, wailing

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paridevanā

paridevanā - lamentation, bewailing, wailing

From root `div` (to lament) with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)