योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-18

अथ काले वहत्यस्मिन्नृतुसंवत्सरात्मनि ।
इदं सर्वं वनं छिन्नं जनैः पर्यन्तवासिभिः ॥ १८ ॥

atha kāle vahatyasminnṛtusaṃvatsarātmani ,
idaṃ sarvaṃ vanaṃ chinnaṃ janaiḥ paryantavāsibhiḥ 18

18. atha kāle vahati asmin ṛtusaṃvatsarātmani idam
sarvam vanam chinnam janaiḥ paryantavāsibhiḥ

18. atha asmin ṛtusaṃvatsarātmani kāle vahati idam
sarvam vanam paryantavāsibhiḥ janaiḥ chinnam

18. Then, as time (kāla) passed, constituted by seasons and years, all this forest was cut down by the people dwelling nearby.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon, moreover)

• काले (kāle) - as time passed (in time, at the proper time)

• वहति (vahati) - passes (referring to time) (carries, flows, passes)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (time) (in this, on this)

• ऋतुसंवत्सरात्मनि (ṛtusaṁvatsarātmani) - constituted by seasons and years (in the nature of seasons and years, consisting of seasons and years)

• इदम् (idam) - this (forest) (this)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (this forest) (all, whole, entire)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood)

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut down (cut, severed, destroyed)

• जनैः (janaiḥ) - by the people (by people, by men)

• पर्यन्तवासिभिः (paryantavāsibhiḥ) - by the people dwelling nearby (by those dwelling on the edge/border, by those dwelling nearby)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon, moreover)

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - as time passed (in time, at the proper time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, suitable time, opportunity, destiny

वहति (vahati) - passes (referring to time) (carries, flows, passes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vah

Present Active Indicative

1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: vah (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (time) (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to kāle.

ऋतुसंवत्सरात्मनि (ṛtusaṁvatsarātmani) - constituted by seasons and years (in the nature of seasons and years, consisting of seasons and years)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṛtusaṃvatsarātman

ṛtusaṁvatsarātman - the self/nature of seasons and years

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛtu+saṃvatsara+ātman)

• ṛtu – season
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective to kāle.

इदम् (idam) - this (forest) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Adjective to vanam.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (this forest) (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

Note: Adjective to vanam.

वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, water

Note: Subject of the sentence.

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut down (cut, severed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chid

chid - to cut, to sever, to break

Past Passive Participle

formed from root √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Adjective to vanam, acting as the predicate in a passive construction.

जनैः (janaiḥ) - by the people (by people, by men)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, folk

Note: Agent in the passive construction.

पर्यन्तवासिभिः (paryantavāsibhiḥ) - by the people dwelling nearby (by those dwelling on the edge/border, by those dwelling nearby)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paryantavāsin

paryantavāsin - dwelling on the border, inhabitant of the vicinity

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paryanta+vāsin)

• paryanta – border, edge, end, vicinity
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dwelling, inhabiting, resident
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Agentive Suffix -in
  formed from root √vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Adjective to janaiḥ.