योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-93, verse-18

अप्रमेयभवाः काश्चिच्चित्सत्ताज्ञानमोहिताः ।
चिरजाता भवन्तीह बहुकल्पशतान्यपि ॥ १८ ॥

aprameyabhavāḥ kāściccitsattājñānamohitāḥ ,
cirajātā bhavantīha bahukalpaśatānyapi 18

18. aprameya-bhavāḥ kāścit cit-sattā-jñāna-mohitāḥ |
cira-jātāḥ bhavanti iha bahu-kalpa-śatāni api ||

18. kāścit aprameya-bhavāḥ cit-sattā-jñāna-mohitāḥ
iha bahu-kalpa-śatāni api cira-jātāḥ bhavanti

18. Some beings, experiencing countless transmigrations (bhava), are deluded concerning the knowledge of their conscious reality (cit-sattā). They have existed for a very long time, even for hundreds of aeons, in this (cycle of existence).

18. אחרים חווים גלגולים ללא ספור, מטושטשים ומבולבלים מול ידיעת מציאות התודעה, ונשארים פה לאורך מאות עידנים קוסמיים.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्रमेय-भवाः (aprameya-bhavāḥ) - whose births are immeasurable, subject to countless transmigrations

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

• चित्-सत्ता-ज्ञान-मोहिताः (cit-sattā-jñāna-mohitāḥ) - deluded concerning the knowledge of conscious existence

• चिर-जाताः (cira-jātāḥ) - long-born, existing for a long time

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they exist

• इह (iha) - here, in this world/case

• बहु-कल्प-शतानि (bahu-kalpa-śatāni) - hundreds of many aeons

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

अप्रमेय-भवाः (aprameya-bhavāḥ) - whose births are immeasurable, subject to countless transmigrations

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aprameya-bhava

aprameya-bhava - having immeasurable existences/births

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+prameya+bhava)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• prameya – measurable, cognizable
  adjective (masculine)
• bhava – existence, birth, transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, which

चित्-सत्ता-ज्ञान-मोहिताः (cit-sattā-jñāna-mohitāḥ) - deluded concerning the knowledge of conscious existence

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cit-sattā-jñāna-mohita

cit-sattā-jñāna-mohita - deluded concerning the knowledge of conscious existence

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (cit+sattā+jñāna+mohita)

• cit – consciousness, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
• mohita – deluded, bewildered, infatuated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: muh (class 4)

चिर-जाताः (cira-jātāḥ) - long-born, existing for a long time

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cira-jāta

cira-jāta - existing for a long time, born long ago

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (cira+jāta)

• cira – long time, lasting
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: jan (class 4)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they exist

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world/case

(indeclinable)

बहु-कल्प-शतानि (bahu-kalpa-śatāni) - hundreds of many aeons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bahu-kalpa-śata

bahu-kalpa-śata - hundreds of many aeons

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bahu+kalpa+śata)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• kalpa – aeon, cosmic cycle
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

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