योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-12

तृणानीव जगन्त्येवमिति दैत्याः सुरा इति ।
इति नागा इति नगा इत्याकल्पं कृतास्थितिः ॥ १२ ॥

tṛṇānīva jagantyevamiti daityāḥ surā iti ,
iti nāgā iti nagā ityākalpaṃ kṛtāsthitiḥ 12

12. tṛṇāni iva jaganti eva iti daityāḥ surāḥ iti
iti nāgāḥ iti nagāḥ iti ākalpam kṛtāsthitiḥ

12. jaganti eva tṛṇāni iva iti daityāḥ surāḥ iti
iti nāgāḥ iti nagāḥ iti ākalpam kṛtāsthitiḥ

12. All these worlds are indeed like mere blades of grass. In this way, distinctions like "demons (daitya)", "gods", "serpents (nāga)", and "mountains" are established, enduring for an entire aeon (kalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass, straws

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - the worlds, moving beings

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

• दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - demons, sons of Diti

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents, semi-divine beings

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

• आकल्पम् (ākalpam) - for the duration of a kalpa (aeon)

• कृतास्थितिः (kṛtāsthitiḥ) - a state/condition is made/established

Words meanings and morphology

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass, straws

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, blade of grass, straw

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - the worlds, moving beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) + -at suffix

Root: gam

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - demons, sons of Diti

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daitya

daitya - demon, son of Diti (antagonists of the gods)

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents, semi-divine beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, cobra, semi-divine serpentine being, elephant

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain, tree (lit. 'that which does not move')

na + ga (not moving)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+ga)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation

(indeclinable)

आकल्पम् (ākalpam) - for the duration of a kalpa (aeon)

(indeclinable)

ā (up to) + kalpa

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+kalpa)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
• kalpa – aeon, cosmic cycle, rule, arrangement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp

Note: Adverbial use of accusative case

कृतास्थितिः (kṛtāsthitiḥ) - a state/condition is made/established

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtāsthiti

kṛtāsthiti - an established state, a made condition

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛta+sthiti)

• kṛta – made, done, accomplished
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ
• sthiti – state, condition, stability, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā