योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-4

एक एव विनिर्याति गुणात्तस्य शिलीमुखः ।
सहस्रं भवति व्योम्नि गच्छन्पतति लक्षशः ॥ ४ ॥

eka eva viniryāti guṇāttasya śilīmukhaḥ ,
sahasraṃ bhavati vyomni gacchanpatati lakṣaśaḥ 4

4. ekaḥ eva viniryāti guṇāt tasya śilīmukhaḥ
sahasram bhavati vyomni gacchan patati lakṣaśaḥ

4. tasya guṇāt ekaḥ eva śilīmukhaḥ viniryāti,
sahasram vyomni gacchan bhavati,
lakṣaśaḥ patati

4. Just one arrow issues forth from his bowstring, and as it travels through the sky, it becomes a thousand, then falls in hundreds of thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, sole

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• विनिर्याति (viniryāti) - issues forth, comes out, proceeds

• गुणात् (guṇāt) - from the bowstring (from the bowstring, from the quality)

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• शिलीमुखः (śilīmukhaḥ) - arrow (arrow, bee)

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, proceeding

• पतति (patati) - falls, descends

• लक्षशः (lakṣaśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in lakhs, in great numbers

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, sole

(numeral)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

विनिर्याति (viniryāti) - issues forth, comes out, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vinir-yā

root 'yā' with prefixes 'vi' and 'nir'

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: yā (class 2)

गुणात् (guṇāt) - from the bowstring (from the bowstring, from the quality)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - thread, string (especially of a bow), quality, attribute

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शिलीमुखः (śilīmukhaḥ) - arrow (arrow, bee)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śilīmukha

śilīmukha - arrow, bee (literally 'pointed mouth')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śilī+mukha)

• śilī – a point, a sharp edge
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – mouth, face, front, point
  noun (neuter)

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, happens

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, proceeding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gam - to go, to move

Present Active Participle

root 'gam' (class 1, gaṇadādi) forming present participle 'gacchat'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Present active participle, referring to the arrow

पतति (patati) - falls, descends

(verb)

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

Root: pat (class 1)

लक्षशः (lakṣaśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in lakhs, in great numbers

(indeclinable)

formed from lakṣa (a lakh, 100,000) with suffix -śaḥ indicating 'in numbers of'