योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-14

द्विपान्तरजनाश्चक्रैर्जर्जरा जीवितं जहुः ।
मीनजङ्गलजम्बाले जीर्णमत्स्या इवाजले ॥ १४ ॥

dvipāntarajanāścakrairjarjarā jīvitaṃ jahuḥ ,
mīnajaṅgalajambāle jīrṇamatsyā ivājale 14

14. dvīpa-antara-janāḥ cakraiḥ jarjarā jīvitam jahuḥ
mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle jīrṇa-matsyāḥ iva ajale

14. dvīpa-antara-janāḥ cakraiḥ jarjarā jīvitam jahuḥ
iva ajale mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle jīrṇa-matsyāḥ

14. People from other islands, shattered by discuses (or wheels), lost their lives, just like exhausted fish in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land, devoid of water.

14. אנשי האיים הרחוקים, שנכתוש במגלגלי הדיסקוסים, נפחו את נשמתם כמו דגים זקנים שנותרו בבוץ יבש ללא מים.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वीप-अन्तर-जनाः (dvīpa-antara-janāḥ) - people from other islands/continents

• चक्रैः (cakraiḥ) - by discuses or war-chariot wheels (as instruments of destruction) (by wheels, by discuses (weapons), by cycles)

• जर्जरा (jarjarā) - shattered (by the weapons) (shattered, worn out, enfeebled, decrepit)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• जहुः (jahuḥ) - lost (their lives) (abandoned, gave up, lost, sacrificed)

• मीन-जङ्गल-जम्बाले (mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle) - in a swampy mire where fish are stranded in a dry/wild environment (in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness)

• जीर्ण-मत्स्याः (jīrṇa-matsyāḥ) - exhausted/dying fish (old/worn-out fish, decomposed fish)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अजले (ajale) - in a place devoid of water (for fish) (in a waterless place, without water)

Words meanings and morphology

द्वीप-अन्तर-जनाः (dvīpa-antara-janāḥ) - people from other islands/continents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvīpa-antara-jana

dvīpa-antara-jana - people from other islands/regions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpa+antara+jana)

• dvīpa – island, continent, region
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interval, space
  adjective (neuter)
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

चक्रैः (cakraiḥ) - by discuses or war-chariot wheels (as instruments of destruction) (by wheels, by discuses (weapons), by cycles)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, army, circle, cycle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जर्जरा (jarjarā) - shattered (by the weapons) (shattered, worn out, enfeebled, decrepit)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jarjara

jarjara - shattered, worn out, decrepit, old, enfeebled

Note: Agrees with 'dvīpāntara-janāḥ'.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

जहुः (jahuḥ) - lost (their lives) (abandoned, gave up, lost, sacrificed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of hā

Perfect 3rd plural

Root: hā (class 3)

मीन-जङ्गल-जम्बाले (mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle) - in a swampy mire where fish are stranded in a dry/wild environment (in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mīna-jaṅgala-jambāla

mīna-jaṅgala-jambāla - muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mīna+jaṅgala+jambāla)

• mīna – fish
  noun (masculine)
• jaṅgala – dry land, arid, wilderness, jungle
  noun (neuter)
• jambāla – mud, mire, swamp, bog
  noun (masculine)

जीर्ण-मत्स्याः (jīrṇa-matsyāḥ) - exhausted/dying fish (old/worn-out fish, decomposed fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇa-matsya

jīrṇa-matsya - old/worn-out fish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīrṇa+matsya)

• jīrṇa – worn out, old, decayed, digested
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √jṝ (to decay, wear out)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अजले (ajale) - in a place devoid of water (for fish) (in a waterless place, without water)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, without water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle' or implicitly 'sthāne' (place).

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