योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-21

तत्कलत्रमशेषेण नीतमावृत्य मृत्युना ।
आसारसलिलेनाशु वनपर्णगणो यथा ॥ २१ ॥

tatkalatramaśeṣeṇa nītamāvṛtya mṛtyunā ,
āsārasalilenāśu vanaparṇagaṇo yathā 21

21. tat kalatram aśeṣeṇa nītam āvṛtya mṛtyunā
| āsāra-salilena āśu vana-parṇa-gaṇaḥ yathā

21. mṛtyunā aśeṣeṇa tat kalatram āvṛtya nītam
yathā āsāra-salilena āśu vana-parṇa-gaṇaḥ

21. His entire family was completely carried away by death, just as a multitude of forest leaves is swiftly swept away by torrential rainwater.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - his (that, his)

• कलत्रम् (kalatram) - family (wife, family, spouse)

• अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) - completely (completely, entirely, without remainder)

• नीतम् (nītam) - carried away (taken, led, carried away, brought)

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having seized (having enveloped, having covered, having seized, having encompassed)

• मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by death

• आसार-सलिलेन (āsāra-salilena) - by torrential rainwater (by torrents of rain, by torrential water)

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, immediately)

• वन-पर्ण-गणः (vana-parṇa-gaṇaḥ) - multitude of forest leaves (host of forest leaves, multitude of forest leaves)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - his (that, his)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Functions as a possessive adjective 'his' here.

कलत्रम् (kalatram) - family (wife, family, spouse)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalatra

kalatra - wife, family, spouse

अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) - completely (completely, entirely, without remainder)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of aśeṣa

aśeṣa - entire, complete, without remainder

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śeṣa – remainder, balance, residue
  noun (masculine)
  from root śiṣ (to leave, to remain)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying 'nītam'.

नीतम् (nītam) - carried away (taken, led, carried away, brought)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of nīta

nīta - taken, led, carried, brought

Past Passive Participle

from root nī- (to lead, carry)

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, agreeing with 'kalatram'.

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having seized (having enveloped, having covered, having seized, having encompassed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vṛ (to cover) with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by death

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'nītam'.

आसार-सलिलेन (āsāra-salilena) - by torrential rainwater (by torrents of rain, by torrential water)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of āsāra-salila

āsāra-salila - torrential water, rainwater from a downpour

Compound type : tatpurusha (āsāra+salila)

• āsāra – downpour, torrent of rain
  noun (masculine)
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental case, indicating the agent of the simile.

आशु (āśu) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

वन-पर्ण-गणः (vana-parṇa-gaṇaḥ) - multitude of forest leaves (host of forest leaves, multitude of forest leaves)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vana-parṇa-gaṇa

vana-parṇa-gaṇa - multitude of forest leaves

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+parṇa+gaṇa)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• parṇa – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, host
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.