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).

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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