योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इति कल्पान्तसदृशे यत्ते समरसंभ्रमे ।
पतन्तीषूत्पतन्तीषु सेनासु समरेजिरे ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
iti kalpāntasadṛśe yatte samarasaṃbhrame ,
patantīṣūtpatantīṣu senāsu samarejire 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti kalpāntasadṛśe yat te
samarasaṃbhrame patantīṣu utpatantīṣu senāsu samarejire

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti yat te kalpāntasadṛśe
samarasaṃbhrame senāsu patantīṣu utpatantīṣu samarejire

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Thus, amidst that battlefield's great agitation, which resembled the dissolution of a cosmic cycle (kalpānta), where armies were falling and rising, they raged intensely in combat.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

• कल्पान्तसदृशे (kalpāntasadṛśe) - resembling the end of a cosmic cycle

• यत् (yat) - in which (context of the battle) (which, what; because, that)

• ते (te) - in that (agitation/battlefield) (in that, in it; by you, to you)

• समरसंभ्रमे (samarasaṁbhrame) - in the agitation/confusion of battle

• पतन्तीषु (patantīṣu) - among the falling armies (in those that were falling, among the falling ones)

• उत्पतन्तीषु (utpatantīṣu) - among the rising armies (in those that were rising up, among the rising ones)

• सेनासु (senāsu) - in/among the armies

• समरेजिरे (samarejire) - they raged intensely in battle (they shone, they raged, they were agitated)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha, a revered Vedic sage; an epithet for a person endowed with glory (śrī)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, beauty, revered
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the seven Ṛṣis
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

(indeclinable)

कल्पान्तसदृशे (kalpāntasadṛśe) - resembling the end of a cosmic cycle

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kalpāntasadṛśa

kalpāntasadṛśa - resembling the end of a kalpa (cosmic cycle)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kalpa+anta+sadṛśa)

• kalpa – a cosmic day of Brahmā, a vast period of time; a cosmic cycle (kalpānta)
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, termination, limit, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – like, resembling, similar to, equal to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying an implied locative noun like 'battlefield' or 'situation', or agreeing with 'samarasaṃbhrame'.

यत् (yat) - in which (context of the battle) (which, what; because, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here adverbially or as a relative pronoun with 'te' to indicate 'in which'.

ते (te) - in that (agitation/battlefield) (in that, in it; by you, to you)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Locative singular of 'tad' referring to the battle situation.

समरसंभ्रमे (samarasaṁbhrame) - in the agitation/confusion of battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samarasaṃbhrama

samarasaṁbhrama - agitation or confusion of battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samara+saṃbhrama)

• samara – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrama – agitation, confusion, haste, bustle, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

पतन्तीषु (patantīṣu) - among the falling armies (in those that were falling, among the falling ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of patant

patant - falling, descending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'senāsu'.

उत्पतन्तीषु (utpatantīṣu) - among the rising armies (in those that were rising up, among the rising ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of utpatant

utpatant - rising up, flying up, leaping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with upasarga 'ut' and 'śatṛ' suffix.

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'senāsu'.

सेनासु (senāsu) - in/among the armies

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of senā

senā - army, host, troop

समरेजिरे (samarejire) - they raged intensely in battle (they shone, they raged, they were agitated)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of rej

Root: rej (class 6)