योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-61, verse-11

विनेशुर्जनतास्तत्र बह्वयः क्षुत्क्षामजीविताः ।
ज्वलिते विपिने वह्नौ यथा भूतपरम्पराः ॥ ११ ॥

vineśurjanatāstatra bahvayaḥ kṣutkṣāmajīvitāḥ ,
jvalite vipine vahnau yathā bhūtaparamparāḥ 11

11. vineśuḥ janatāḥ tatra bahvayaḥ kṣutkṣāmajīvitāḥ
| yathā jvalite vipine vahnau bhūtaparampārāḥ ||

11. tatra bahvayaḥ kṣutkṣāmajīvitāḥ janatāḥ vineśuḥ
yathā jvalite vipine vahnau bhūtaparampārāḥ

11. There, many populations, their lives wasted by hunger, perished, just as rows of creatures (bhūta) perish in a forest ablaze with fire.

Words meanings summery:

• विनेशुः (vineśuḥ) - perished, were destroyed

• जनताः (janatāḥ) - populations, people, multitudes

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• बह्वयः (bahvayaḥ) - many, numerous

• क्षुत्क्षामजीविताः (kṣutkṣāmajīvitāḥ) - referring to the people whose lives were severely weakened by starvation (whose lives were emaciated by hunger, perished due to hunger)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• ज्वलिते (jvalite) - in the burning, in the ignited

• विपिने (vipine) - in the forest, in the thicket

• वह्नौ (vahnau) - in the fire, in Agni (the fire god)

• भूतपरम्पाराः (bhūtaparampārāḥ) - Referring to successive generations or groups of creatures (series of creatures, successions of beings)

Words meanings and morphology

विनेशुः (vineśuḥ) - perished, were destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of naś

Perfect 3rd plural

Intransitive form. Root naś with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

जनताः (janatāḥ) - populations, people, multitudes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of janatā

janatā - multitude of men, people, population, mankind

Derived from jana with suffix -tā.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place, from tad pronoun.

बह्वयः (bahvayaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

क्षुत्क्षामजीविताः (kṣutkṣāmajīvitāḥ) - referring to the people whose lives were severely weakened by starvation (whose lives were emaciated by hunger, perished due to hunger)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣutkṣāmajīvita

kṣutkṣāmajīvita - having lives (jīvita) emaciated (kṣāma) by hunger (kṣut)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣudh+kṣāma+jīvita)

• kṣudh – hunger, appetite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṣudh (class 4)
• kṣāma – emaciated, lean, wasted, diminished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣai (to waste away).
  Root: kṣai (class 1)
• jīvita – life, livelihood; living (as adj.)
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from jīv 'to live'), here used as a noun 'life'.
  From root jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

ज्वलिते (jvalite) - in the burning, in the ignited

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jvalita

jvalita - burning, blazing, ignited, illumined

Past Passive Participle

From root jval (to burn, to shine).

Root: jval (class 1)

विपिने (vipine) - in the forest, in the thicket

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - forest, thicket, grove

वह्नौ (vahnau) - in the fire, in Agni (the fire god)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, flame; Agni (god of fire)

From root vah (to carry), as fire carries oblations.

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to the fire within the burning forest.

भूतपरम्पाराः (bhūtaparampārāḥ) - Referring to successive generations or groups of creatures (series of creatures, successions of beings)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtaparampārā

bhūtaparampārā - a series or succession of beings/creatures (bhūta)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhūta+paramparā)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, ghost; past (as adj.)
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from bhū 'to be')
  From root bhū (to be, to exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• paramparā – series, succession, tradition, uninterrupted course
  noun (feminine)