योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-46, verse-22

मन्त्रिणो नागरा नार्यस्ततस्ते तं महीपतिम् ।
नास्प्राक्षुरपि तिष्ठन्तं गृह एव शवं यथा ॥ २२ ॥

mantriṇo nāgarā nāryastataste taṃ mahīpatim ,
nāsprākṣurapi tiṣṭhantaṃ gṛha eva śavaṃ yathā 22

22. mantriṇaḥ nāgarāḥ nāryaḥ tataḥ te tam mahīpatim
na asprākṣuḥ api tiṣṭhantam gṛhe eva śavam yathā

22. tataḥ mantriṇaḥ nāgarāḥ nāryaḥ te tam mahīpatim
gṛhe eva tiṣṭhantam api śavam yathā na asprākṣuḥ

22. Then, the ministers, citizens, and women did not even touch that king, who remained in his house, treating him like a corpse.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - ministers, counselors

• नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens, townspeople

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• ते (te) - they

• तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

• महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, ruler of the earth

• न (na) - not

• अस्प्राक्षुः (asprākṣuḥ) - they touched

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing, remaining, dwelling

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

Words meanings and morphology

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - ministers, counselors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor, advisor

नागराः (nāgarāḥ) - citizens, townspeople

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgara

nāgara - citizen, urban, belonging to a city

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the collective group of ministers, citizens, and women.

तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king (mahīpatim).

महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, ruler of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, ruler, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land, soil
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्प्राक्षुः (asprākṣuḥ) - they touched

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, aorist (luṅ) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing, remaining, dwelling

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, to remain, to exist, to stay

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Present active participle from root sthā, declined in accusative singular masculine, modifying 'him' (the king).

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, residence

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śava

śava - corpse, dead body, ghost

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)