योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-71, verse-24

दुर्भगाडम्बरारम्भरोदनोरुरवोदरी ।
मुष्टिप्रमाणजनता जनतापानुषङ्गिणी ॥ २४ ॥

durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī ,
muṣṭipramāṇajanatā janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī 24

24. durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī
muṣṭipramāṇajanatā janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī

24. muṣṭipramāṇajanatā
durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī

24. The populace, reduced to a mere handful, was characterized by the onset of widespread misfortune, loud wailing, and distress, and was constantly associated with the suffering of the people.

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्भगाडम्बरारम्भरोदनोरुरवोदरी (durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī) - describes the populace (janatā) as having these characteristics, implying a state of severe societal distress (characterized by the beginning of unfortunate circumstances, weeping, and loud wailing)

• मुष्टिप्रमाणजनता (muṣṭipramāṇajanatā) - populace reduced to a mere handful, indicating a drastically diminished population (populace measured by a fist; a small, meager populace)

• जनतापानुषङ्गिणी (janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī) - constantly afflicted by the suffering of the people, emphasizing persistent widespread distress (connected with the suffering of the people, accompanying the distress of humanity)

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्भगाडम्बरारम्भरोदनोरुरवोदरी (durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī) - describes the populace (janatā) as having these characteristics, implying a state of severe societal distress (characterized by the beginning of unfortunate circumstances, weeping, and loud wailing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī

durbhagāḍambarārambharodanoruravodarī - characterized by the beginning of unfortunate circumstances, weeping, and loud wailing

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (durbhagā+āḍambara+ārambha+rodana+uru+rava+udarī)

• durbhagā – unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Prefix: dur
• āḍambara – display, pomp, ostentation, show, bustle, agitation
  noun (masculine)
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking
  noun (masculine)
  From `ā-rambh` (to begin).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)
• rodana – weeping, crying, wailing
  noun (neuter)
  From `rud` (to weep).
  Root: rud (class 2)
• uru – large, wide, extensive, great, mighty
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• rava – roar, cry, sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From `ru` (to sound).
  Root: ru (class 2)
• udarī – having a belly, containing, characterized by (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Formed from `udara` (belly, interior) with the feminine suffix `ī`.

Note: Compound describing the `janatā`.

मुष्टिप्रमाणजनता (muṣṭipramāṇajanatā) - populace reduced to a mere handful, indicating a drastically diminished population (populace measured by a fist; a small, meager populace)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of muṣṭipramāṇajanatā

muṣṭipramāṇajanatā - populace of the measure of a fist; a small populace

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (muṣṭi+pramāṇa+janatā)

• muṣṭi – fist, handful
  noun (feminine)
• pramāṇa – measure, standard, limit, extent
  noun (neuter)
  From `pra-mā` (to measure).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 2)
• janatā – people, populace, humanity
  noun (feminine)
  From `jana` (person) + `tā` (abstract suffix).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Denotes the populace itself, qualified by its small size.

जनतापानुषङ्गिणी (janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī) - constantly afflicted by the suffering of the people, emphasizing persistent widespread distress (connected with the suffering of the people, accompanying the distress of humanity)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī

janatāpānuṣaṅgiṇī - connected with the suffering of the people

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (janatā+āpa+anuṣaṅgiṇī)

• janatā – people, populace, humanity
  noun (feminine)
  From `jana` (person) + `tā` (abstract suffix).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• āpa – distress, misfortune, suffering
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  From `āp` (to obtain, to reach, to suffer).
  Root: āp (class 5)
• anuṣaṅgiṇī – accompanying, associated with, consequent, contiguous (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  From `anuṣaṅga` (attachment, consequence) + `inī` (feminine possessive suffix). `anuṣaṅga` from `anu-sañj` (to attach to).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective describing `janatā`.