योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-12

दग्धदेहपुरो वह्निः शशामाशनिवत्क्षणात् ।
अदृश्यत सितं भस्म शारीरं हिमपाण्डुरम् ॥ १२ ॥

dagdhadehapuro vahniḥ śaśāmāśanivatkṣaṇāt ,
adṛśyata sitaṃ bhasma śārīraṃ himapāṇḍuram 12

12. dagdhadehapuraḥ vahniḥ śaśāma aśanivat kṣaṇāt
adṛśyata sitam bhasma śārīram himapāṇḍuram

12. dagdhadehapuraḥ vahniḥ aśanivat kṣaṇāt śaśāma.
sitam śārīram himapāṇḍuram bhasma adṛśyata

12. The fire, which had completely consumed the body, instantly extinguished like a thunderbolt. Then, white bodily ash, pale as snow, became visible.

Words meanings summery:

• दग्धदेहपुरः (dagdhadehapuraḥ) - (the fire) which had completely consumed the body (whose body is burnt (foremost/completely), fire that has burnt the body)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, sacrificial fire, Agni (god of fire))

• शशाम (śaśāma) - extinguished (became calm, was extinguished, subsided)

• अशनिवत् (aśanivat) - like a thunderbolt (like a thunderbolt, like lightning)

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (instantly, in a moment, from a moment)

• अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - became visible (was seen, appeared, became visible)

• सितम् (sitam) - white (white, pure, clean)

• भस्म (bhasma) - ash (ash, ashes, dust)

• शारीरम् (śārīram) - bodily (bodily, corporeal, pertaining to the body)

• हिमपाण्डुरम् (himapāṇḍuram) - pale as snow (pale as snow, snow-white)

Words meanings and morphology

दग्धदेहपुरः (dagdhadehapuraḥ) - (the fire) which had completely consumed the body (whose body is burnt (foremost/completely), fire that has burnt the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dagdhadehapura

dagdhadehapura - that which has burnt the body completely; with burnt body in front

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dagdha+deha+puras)

• dagdha – burnt, consumed, inflamed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of √dah (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)
• deha – body, form, shape
  noun (masculine)
  From √dih (to smear).
  Root: dih (class 4)
• puras – before, in front of, in the first place, completely
  indeclinable

Note: Adjective for vahniḥ.

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, sacrificial fire, Agni (god of fire))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, sacrificial fire, carrier, vehicle

From √vah (to carry).

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of śaśāma.

शशाम (śaśāma) - extinguished (became calm, was extinguished, subsided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of śam

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular active.

Root: śam (class 1)

अशनिवत् (aśanivat) - like a thunderbolt (like a thunderbolt, like lightning)

(indeclinable)

From aśani (thunderbolt) + suffix -vat (like).

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (instantly, in a moment, from a moment)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - instant, moment, very short time, leisure

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Adverbial use.

अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - became visible (was seen, appeared, became visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperfect past (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect Passive

Augment a-, 3rd person singular passive.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject is bhasma.

सितम् (sitam) - white (white, pure, clean)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sita

sita - white, pale, bright, pure, bound, tied

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. from √śvit (to be white) or √śī (to bind). Here, it means white.

Root: śvit or śī (class 1)

भस्म (bhasma) - ash (ash, ashes, dust)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhasman

bhasman - ash, ashes, dust, cinders

From √bhas (to devour, consume).

Root: bhas (class 1)

Note: Subject of adṛśyata.

शारीरम् (śārīram) - bodily (bodily, corporeal, pertaining to the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śārīra

śārīra - bodily, corporeal, relating to the body

From śarīra (body) + suffix aṇ.

हिमपाण्डुरम् (himapāṇḍuram) - pale as snow (pale as snow, snow-white)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of himapāṇḍura

himapāṇḍura - snow-white, pale like snow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hima+pāṇḍura)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍura – pale, yellowish-white, whitish
  adjective (masculine)