योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-2

पर्णवत्प्रोह्य पूरेण पारसीकाः परस्परम् ।
प्रहरन्तो विमोहेन विनष्टा वंजुलावने ॥ २ ॥

parṇavatprohya pūreṇa pārasīkāḥ parasparam ,
praharanto vimohena vinaṣṭā vaṃjulāvane 2

2. parṇavat prohya pūreṇa pārasīkāḥ parasparam
praharantaḥ vimohena vinaṣṭāḥ vañjulāvane

2. pārasīkāḥ pūreṇa parṇavat prohya vimohena
parasparam praharantaḥ vañjulāvane vinaṣṭāḥ

2. The Persians, swept away by the current like leaves, fought each other in utter confusion and perished in the Vañjula forest.

Words meanings summery:

• पर्णवत् (parṇavat) - like leaves (easily swept away) (like leaves, leaf-like)

• प्रोह्य (prohya) - swept away (having carried away, having swept away)

• पूरेण (pūreṇa) - by the current (by the flood, by the current, by the stream)

• पारसीकाः (pārasīkāḥ) - the Persians

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

• प्रहरन्तः (praharantaḥ) - attacking, fighting (striking, attacking, assailing)

• विमोहेन (vimohena) - in utter confusion (by great delusion, by utter confusion, by bewilderment)

• विनष्टाः (vinaṣṭāḥ) - perished (perished, destroyed, lost)

• वञ्जुलावने (vañjulāvane) - in the Vañjula forest/grove

Words meanings and morphology

पर्णवत् (parṇavat) - like leaves (easily swept away) (like leaves, leaf-like)

(indeclinable)

parṇa (leaf) + vat (suffix meaning 'like' or 'having')

Note: Adverbial usage.

प्रोह्य (prohya) - swept away (having carried away, having swept away)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root ūh (to move, carry) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: ūh (class 1)

पूरेण (pūreṇa) - by the current (by the flood, by the current, by the stream)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pūra

pūra - flood, current, stream, filling

Root: pṛ (class 9)

पारसीकाः (pārasīkāḥ) - the Persians

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārasīka

pārasīka - Persian (person from Persia)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, reciprocally, to each other)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

प्रहरन्तः (praharantaḥ) - attacking, fighting (striking, attacking, assailing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of praharat

praharat - striking, attacking

Present Active Participle

From root hṛ (to seize, carry) with prefix pra; pra + hṛ (to strike)

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `pārasīkāḥ`.

विमोहेन (vimohena) - in utter confusion (by great delusion, by utter confusion, by bewilderment)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vimoha

vimoha - great delusion, utter confusion, bewilderment

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

विनष्टाः (vinaṣṭāḥ) - perished (perished, destroyed, lost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - perished, destroyed, lost

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish) with prefix vi + kta

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `pārasīkāḥ`.

वञ्जुलावने (vañjulāvane) - in the Vañjula forest/grove

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vañjulāvana

vañjulāvana - Vañjula forest/grove (Vañjula is a kind of tree, often associated with pleasure groves)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vañjula+avana)

• vañjula – a kind of cane, reed, or tree (e.g., Ashoka tree)
  noun (masculine)
• avana – forest, grove, protection
  noun (neuter)
  Root: av (class 1)