योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-66

इहोह्यन्ते जनैरेवं तरङ्गान्तस्तृणैरिव ।
मरणव्यपदेशासु देशकालतिरोहितैः ॥ ६६ ॥

ihohyante janairevaṃ taraṅgāntastṛṇairiva ,
maraṇavyapadeśāsu deśakālatirohitaiḥ 66

66. iha ūhyante janaiḥ evam taraṅgāntaḥ tṛṇaiḥ
iva maraṇavyapadeśāsu deśakālatirahitaiḥ

66. iha janaiḥ evaṃ deśakālatirahitaiḥ (jīvāḥ) maraṇavyapadeśāsu ūhyante,
taraṅgāntaḥ tṛṇaiḥ iva (ūhyante).

66. Here, people thus conjecture about those (entities) that are concealed by space and time, calling them 'dead' (lit., in the designations of death), just as blades of grass are tossed within waves.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• ऊह्यन्ते (ūhyante) - are inferred, are conjectured, are tossed, are spoken of/regarded

• जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by men

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• तरङ्गान्तः (taraṅgāntaḥ) - interior of waves, inside the waves

• तृणैः (tṛṇaiḥ) - by grasses, by blades of grass

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मरणव्यपदेशासु (maraṇavyapadeśāsu) - in the designations of death, in the conditions of death

• देशकालतिरहितैः (deśakālatirahitaiḥ) - by those concealed by space and time

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

ऊह्यन्ते (ūhyante) - are inferred, are conjectured, are tossed, are spoken of/regarded

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of ūh

Root: ūh (class 1)

जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गान्तः (taraṅgāntaḥ) - interior of waves, inside the waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅgānta

taraṅgānta - interior of waves, midst of waves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+anta)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, interior, vicinity
  noun (masculine)

तृणैः (tṛṇaiḥ) - by grasses, by blades of grass

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, blade of grass, straw

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मरणव्यपदेशासु (maraṇavyapadeśāsu) - in the designations of death, in the conditions of death

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of maraṇavyapadeśa

maraṇavyapadeśa - designation of death, pretext of death, statement about death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+vyapadeśa)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• vyapadeśa – designation, name, pretext, statement, instruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'diś' (to point out) with prefixes 'vi' and 'apa'.
  Prefixes: vi+apa
  Root: diś (class 6)

देशकालतिरहितैः (deśakālatirahitaiḥ) - by those concealed by space and time

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deśakālatirahita

deśakālatirahita - concealed or hidden by space and time

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (deśa+kāla+tirohita)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• tirohita – concealed, hidden, covered, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'dhā' (to place) with prefix 'tiras'.
  Prefix: tiras
  Root: dhā (class 3)