योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-12

मनाक्चलति पर्णेऽपि दृष्टारिभयभीतयः ।
वध्वस्त्रस्यन्ति विध्वस्ता मृग्यो ग्रामगता इव ॥ १२ ॥

manākcalati parṇe'pi dṛṣṭāribhayabhītayaḥ ,
vadhvastrasyanti vidhvastā mṛgyo grāmagatā iva 12

12. manāk calati parṇe api dṛṣṭāribhayabhītayaḥ
vadhvaḥ trasyanti vidhvastāḥ mṛgyaḥ grāmagatāḥ iva

12. parṇe manāk calati api,
dṛṣṭāribhayabhītayaḥ vadhvaḥ grāmagatāḥ mṛgyaḥ iva,
vidhvastāḥ trasyanti.

12. Even when a leaf slightly stirs, wives, terrified by the fear of their seen enemies, become distressed and devastated, much like deer that have entered a village.

Words meanings summery:

• मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little, a bit

• चलति (calati) - moves, stirs

• पर्णे (parṇe) - on the leaf, in the leaf

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• दृष्टारिभयभीतयः (dṛṣṭāribhayabhītayaḥ) - terrified by the fear of seen enemies, those whose fear is caused by enemies they have seen

• वध्वः (vadhvaḥ) - wives, brides, young women

• त्रस्यन्ति (trasyanti) - tremble, become agitated, are frightened

• विध्वस्ताः (vidhvastāḥ) - devastated, destroyed, shattered, ruined

• मृग्यः (mṛgyaḥ) - female deer, doe

• ग्रामगताः (grāmagatāḥ) - having gone to the village, entered a village

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little, a bit

(indeclinable)

चलति (calati) - moves, stirs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

पर्णे (parṇe) - on the leaf, in the leaf

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

दृष्टारिभयभीतयः (dṛṣṭāribhayabhītayaḥ) - terrified by the fear of seen enemies, those whose fear is caused by enemies they have seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dṛṣṭāribhayabhīta

dṛṣṭāribhayabhīta - terrified by the fear of seen enemies

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dṛṣṭa+ari+bhaya+bhīta)

• dṛṣṭa – seen
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root dṛś + kta suffix
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• ari – enemy
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• bhīta – frightened, terrified
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root bhī + kta suffix
  Root: bhī (class 3)

वध्वः (vadhvaḥ) - wives, brides, young women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vadhū

vadhū - wife, bride, young woman

त्रस्यन्ति (trasyanti) - tremble, become agitated, are frightened

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of tras

Root: tras (class 4)

विध्वस्ताः (vidhvastāḥ) - devastated, destroyed, shattered, ruined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vidhvasta

vidhvasta - devastated, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

vi (prefix) + dhvaṃs (root) + kta (suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

मृग्यः (mṛgyaḥ) - female deer, doe

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mṛgī

mṛgī - female deer, doe

ग्रामगताः (grāmagatāḥ) - having gone to the village, entered a village

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of grāmagata

grāmagata - gone to a village

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (grāma+gata)

• grāma – village
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived, passed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root gam + kta suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)