योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-34

चतुर्धा भित्तिभेदेन वृद्धबालाङ्गनान्वितम् ।
जगाम शतधा वीच्यां शिलायामिव निर्झरः ॥ ३४ ॥

caturdhā bhittibhedena vṛddhabālāṅganānvitam ,
jagāma śatadhā vīcyāṃ śilāyāmiva nirjharaḥ 34

34. caturdhā bhittibhedena vṛddhabālāṅganānvitam
jagāma śatadhā vīcyām śilāyām iva nirjharaḥ

34. vṛddhabālāṅganānvitam bhittibhedena caturdhā
nirjharaḥ śilāyām vīcyām iva śatadhā jagāma

34. That entire house, along with its old people, children, and women, was split into four sections by the breaking of its walls. It then shattered into a hundred pieces, like a waterfall breaking over rocks in streams.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts, in four ways

• भित्तिभेदेन (bhittibhedena) - by the breaking of walls, by splitting the walls

• वृद्धबालाङ्गनान्वितम् (vṛddhabālāṅganānvitam) - accompanied by old people, children, and women; including old people, children, and women

• जगाम (jagāma) - shattered, broke into pieces (went, became, reached)

• शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces, in a hundred ways

• वीच्याम् (vīcyām) - into streams (as a waterfall breaks) (in a wave, in a stream, on the surface (of water))

• शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - on a rock, on a stone

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निर्झरः (nirjharaḥ) - waterfall, cascade, mountain stream

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts, in four ways

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'catur' (four) with suffix '-dhā'.

भित्तिभेदेन (bhittibhedena) - by the breaking of walls, by splitting the walls

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhittibheda

bhittibheda - breaking of walls, splitting of walls

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhitti+bheda)

• bhitti – wall, partition
  noun (feminine)
• bheda – breaking, splitting, division, distinction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

वृद्धबालाङ्गनान्वितम् (vṛddhabālāṅganānvitam) - accompanied by old people, children, and women; including old people, children, and women

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛddhabālāṅganānvita

vṛddhabālāṅganānvita - accompanied by old people, children, and women

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vṛddha+bāla+aṅganā+anvita)

• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vṛdh (to grow).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• bāla – child, young, immature
  noun (masculine)
• aṅganā – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• anvita – accompanied by, joined with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √i (to go) with prefix anu- and vi-.
  Prefixes: anu+vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'gṛham' from the previous verse.

जगाम (jagāma) - shattered, broke into pieces (went, became, reached)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Third person singular of perfect active indicative.

Root: gam (class 1)

शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces, in a hundred ways

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'śata' (hundred) with suffix '-dhā'.

वीच्याम् (vīcyām) - into streams (as a waterfall breaks) (in a wave, in a stream, on the surface (of water))

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vīcī

vīcī - wave, stream, current, path

शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - on a rock, on a stone

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

निर्झरः (nirjharaḥ) - waterfall, cascade, mountain stream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirjhara

nirjhara - waterfall, cascade, mountain stream

Prefix: nir

Root: jhṛ (class 1)