योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-20

अजातावयवः कोऽणुः सहस्रकरलोचनः ।
को निमेषो महाकल्पः कल्पकोटिशतानि च ॥ २० ॥

ajātāvayavaḥ ko'ṇuḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ ,
ko nimeṣo mahākalpaḥ kalpakoṭiśatāni ca 20

20. ajātāvayavaḥ kaḥ aṇuḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ
kaḥ nimeṣaḥ mahākalpaḥ kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

20. kaḥ aṇuḥ ajātāvayavaḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ
kaḥ nimeṣaḥ mahākalpaḥ ca kalpakoṭiśatāni

20. What is that subtle (aṇu) entity whose parts are unmanifest, yet is thousand-handed and thousand-eyed? What is a mere moment (nimeṣa) that is a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa), and what are hundreds of millions of such cosmic cycles (kalpa)?

Words meanings summery:

• अजातावयवः (ajātāvayavaḥ) - pertaining to the ultimate reality, subtle and unmanifest (whose parts are not born, without manifest parts/components)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - the subtle entity or essence of reality (minute, subtle, atomic, a particle)

• सहस्रकरलोचनः (sahasrakaralocanaḥ) - epithet of the cosmic Puruṣa or supreme being, indicating omnipresence and omnipotence (thousand-handed, thousand-eyed)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - a short duration of time contrasted with a cosmic cycle (a wink, a moment, twinkling of an eye)

• महाकल्पः (mahākalpaḥ) - a vast cosmic age, contrasted with a moment (a great cosmic cycle, a period of existence of the universe (4.32 billion years))

• कल्पकोटिशतानि (kalpakoṭiśatāni) - hundreds of millions of cosmic cycles

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अजातावयवः (ajātāvayavaḥ) - pertaining to the ultimate reality, subtle and unmanifest (whose parts are not born, without manifest parts/components)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajātāvayava

ajātāvayava - whose parts are not born, without manifest limbs/components

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jāta+avayava)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, manifested
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• avayava – limb, part, component, constituent
  noun (masculine)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - the subtle entity or essence of reality (minute, subtle, atomic, a particle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, subtle, atomic, a particle, an atom

सहस्रकरलोचनः (sahasrakaralocanaḥ) - epithet of the cosmic Puruṣa or supreme being, indicating omnipresence and omnipotence (thousand-handed, thousand-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrakaralocana

sahasrakaralocana - thousand-handed and thousand-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+kara+locana)

• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• kara – hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - a short duration of time contrasted with a cosmic cycle (a wink, a moment, twinkling of an eye)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - a wink, a moment, twinkling of an eye, an instant

Root: miṣ (class 1)

महाकल्पः (mahākalpaḥ) - a vast cosmic age, contrasted with a moment (a great cosmic cycle, a period of existence of the universe (4.32 billion years))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākalpa

mahākalpa - a great cosmic cycle, a vast aeon (typically 4.32 billion human years)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kalpa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kalpa – cosmic cycle, aeon, a day of Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

कल्पकोटिशतानि (kalpakoṭiśatāni) - hundreds of millions of cosmic cycles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kalpakoṭiśata

kalpakoṭiśata - a hundred crores of kalpas (cosmic cycles)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+koṭi+śata)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, aeon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• koṭi – ten million, crore, edge, highest point
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)