योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-18

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एक एव न जीवोऽस्ति राशीनां संभवः कुतः ।
शशशृङ्गं समुड्डीय प्रयातीव हि ते वचः ॥ १८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
eka eva na jīvo'sti rāśīnāṃ saṃbhavaḥ kutaḥ ,
śaśaśṛṅgaṃ samuḍḍīya prayātīva hi te vacaḥ 18

18. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca ekaḥ eva na jīvaḥ asti rāśīnām sambhavaḥ
kutaḥ śaśa-śṛṅgam sam-uḍḍīya prayāti iva hi te vacaḥ

18. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca ekaḥ jīvaḥ eva na asti rāśīnām sambhavaḥ
kutaḥ hi te vacaḥ śaśa-śṛṅgam sam-uḍḍīya prayāti iva

18. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: There is not even one individual living being (jīva). Therefore, how can there be a multitude of them? Your statement is indeed like a rabbit's horn taking flight, utterly impossible.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - an individual living being, soul

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• राशीनाम् (rāśīnām) - of multitudes, of collections

• सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - possibility, origin, existence

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, why, how

• शश-शृङ्गम् (śaśa-śṛṅgam) - a rabbit's horn

• सम्-उड्डीय (sam-uḍḍīya) - having flown up, having soared

• प्रयाति (prayāti) - goes forth, flies away, proceeds

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• ते (te) - your

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, statement

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha, a famous Vedic sage

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, veneration, holy
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Also functions as an adjective.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - an individual living being, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life principle

From √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

राशीनाम् (rāśīnām) - of multitudes, of collections

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rāśi

rāśi - heap, pile, collection, multitude

सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - possibility, origin, existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambhava

sambhava - origin, birth, possibility, occurrence

From sam + √bhū (to be, become)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, why, how

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative form of kim (what), used as an adverb.

शश-शृङ्गम् (śaśa-śṛṅgam) - a rabbit's horn

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaśa-śṛṅga

śaśa-śṛṅga - rabbit's horn (an impossibility)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaśa+śṛṅga)

• śaśa – rabbit, hare
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

सम्-उड्डीय (sam-uḍḍīya) - having flown up, having soared

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Compound verb from sam + ud + √ḍī (to fly)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

प्रयाति (prayāti) - goes forth, flies away, proceeds

(verb)

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

From pra + √yā (to go)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)