योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-8

मरणव्यग्रसामन्तमुक्तनादव्रजद्रजम् ।
इतश्चेतश्च निपतद्वैद्युतोपहतप्रजम् ॥ ८ ॥

maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadrajam ,
itaścetaśca nipatadvaidyutopahataprajam 8

8. maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadrajam itaḥ
ca cetaḥ ca nipatadvaidyutopahataprajam

8. maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadrajam itaḥ
ca cetaḥ ca nipatadvaidyutopahataprajam

8. A scene where vassals, frantic with the terror of death, uttered loud cries, and dust was spreading everywhere; where people, struck as if by lightning, fell scattered here and there.

Words meanings summery:

• मरणव्यग्रसामन्तमुक्तनादव्रजद्रजम् (maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadrajam) - describing a chaotic battle scene filled with dust and cries from dying chiefs (characterized by dust spreading from cries uttered by vassals frantic with death)

• इतः (itaḥ) - here (in the idiom 'here and there') (from here, hence)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - there (in the idiom 'here and there') (from there, thither)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• निपतद्वैद्युतोपहतप्रजम् (nipatadvaidyutopahataprajam) - describing a battle scene where people are falling, struck like by lightning, scattered here and there (having people struck down as if by lightning and falling)

Words meanings and morphology

मरणव्यग्रसामन्तमुक्तनादव्रजद्रजम् (maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadrajam) - describing a chaotic battle scene filled with dust and cries from dying chiefs (characterized by dust spreading from cries uttered by vassals frantic with death)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadraja

maraṇavyagrasāmantamuktanādavrajadraja - characterized by dust (rajas) spreading (vrajat) from cries (nāda) uttered (mukta) by vassals (sāmanta) distressed (vyagra) by death (maraṇa)

Compound acting as an adjective

Compound type : bahuvrihi (maraṇa+vyagra+sāmanta+mukta+nāda+vrajat+rajas)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ana
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• vyagra – agitated, distressed, frantic, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-agra (vi + agra)
  Prefix: vi
• sāmanta – neighboring ruler, vassal, chief, feudal lord
  noun (masculine)
• mukta – released, set free, uttered, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• nāda – sound, cry, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root nad (to roar)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• vrajat – moving, going, spreading
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root vraj (to go, move)
  Root: vraj (class 1)
• rajas – dust, dirt, passion, darkness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied neuter singular noun, likely 'battle' or 'place'.

इतः (itaḥ) - here (in the idiom 'here and there') (from here, hence)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

चेतः (cetaḥ) - there (in the idiom 'here and there') (from there, thither)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

निपतद्वैद्युतोपहतप्रजम् (nipatadvaidyutopahataprajam) - describing a battle scene where people are falling, struck like by lightning, scattered here and there (having people struck down as if by lightning and falling)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nipatadvaidyutopahatapraja

nipatadvaidyutopahatapraja - characterized by people (prajā) struck (upahata) as if by lightning (vaidyuta) and falling (nipatant)

Compound acting as an adjective

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nipatant+vaidyuta+upahata+prajā)

• nipatant – falling down, descending
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root pat (to fall) with upasarga ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• vaidyuta – relating to lightning, electrical
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from vidyut (lightning)
• upahata – struck, afflicted, injured, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: han (class 2)
• prajā – people, subjects, progeny
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to an implied neuter singular noun, likely 'battle' or 'place'.

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