योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-6

भूतानि मृत्युकार्येषु संग्रामादिषु निर्दह ।
दावानलस्तृणानीव वासनाक्रान्तमूढवत् ॥ ६ ॥

bhūtāni mṛtyukāryeṣu saṃgrāmādiṣu nirdaha ,
dāvānalastṛṇānīva vāsanākrāntamūḍhavat 6

6. bhūtāni mṛtyukāryeṣu saṅgrāmādiṣu nirdaha
dāvānalaḥ tṛṇāni iva vāsanākrāntamūḍhavat

6. mṛtyukāryeṣu saṅgrāmādiṣu bhūtāni nirdaha
dāvānalaḥ tṛṇāni iva vāsanākrāntamūḍhavat

6. In death-related actions like battles, completely destroy beings, just as a forest fire burns grass, acting like one deluded, overwhelmed by latent impressions (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

• मृत्युकार्येषु (mṛtyukāryeṣu) - in death-related actions or duties (in death's actions, in death-related deeds)

• सङ्ग्रामादिषु (saṅgrāmādiṣu) - in battles and similar endeavors (in battles and so on, beginning with battles)

• निर्दह (nirdaha) - burn completely, utterly destroy (burn, consume, destroy)

• दावानलः (dāvānalaḥ) - a forest fire (forest fire, wildfire)

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass (grasses, blades of grass)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, similar to)

• वासनाक्रान्तमूढवत् (vāsanākrāntamūḍhavat) - like a deluded person overwhelmed by latent impressions (vāsanā) (like a fool overcome by latent impressions, like one deluded by desires)

Words meanings and morphology

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhū` (to be, to exist) with suffix `kta` (ta).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of `nirdaha`.

मृत्युकार्येषु (mṛtyukāryeṣu) - in death-related actions or duties (in death's actions, in death-related deeds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of mṛtyukārya

mṛtyukārya - death's action, deed of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+kārya)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• kārya – action, deed, duty, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)
  Derived from root `kṛ` (to do) with suffix `ṇya` or `yat`.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the context of such actions.

सङ्ग्रामादिषु (saṅgrāmādiṣu) - in battles and similar endeavors (in battles and so on, beginning with battles)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṅgrāmādi

saṅgrāmādi - beginning with battle, battle etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅgrāma+ādi)

• saṅgrāma – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially, indicating the sphere of action.

निर्दह (nirdaha) - burn completely, utterly destroy (burn, consume, destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nirdah

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Command to the addressed person.

दावानलः (dāvānalaḥ) - a forest fire (forest fire, wildfire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāvānala

dāvānala - forest fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāva+anala)

• dāva – forest, conflagration, burning
  noun (masculine)
  Root: du (class 9)
• anala – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the simile, 'like a forest fire'.

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass (grasses, blades of grass)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

Root: tṛh (class 7)

Note: Object of implied burning in the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)

वासनाक्रान्तमूढवत् (vāsanākrāntamūḍhavat) - like a deluded person overwhelmed by latent impressions (vāsanā) (like a fool overcome by latent impressions, like one deluded by desires)

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the suffix `-vat` to `vāsanākrāntamūḍha`.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāsanā+ākrānta+mūḍha)

• vāsanā – latent impression, desire, habit
  noun (feminine)
  From root `vas` (to dwell).
  Root: vas (class 1)
• ākrānta – overwhelmed, invaded, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kram` (to step, go) with upasarga `ā`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• mūḍha – foolish, bewildered, deluded, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `muh` (to be bewildered, confused).
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Adverbial usage, indicating the manner of action.

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