योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-99, verse-15

कानिचिद्बहुरूपाणि योनेर्योनिं विशन्ति हि ।
मनांसि तानि तिष्ठन्ति निपतन्त्युत्पतन्ति च ॥ १५ ॥

kānicidbahurūpāṇi yoneryoniṃ viśanti hi ,
manāṃsi tāni tiṣṭhanti nipatantyutpatanti ca 15

15. kānicit bahurūpāṇi yoneḥ yonim viśanti hi
manāṃsi tāni tiṣṭhanti nipatanti utpatanti ca

15. hi kānicit tāni manāṃsi bahurūpāṇi yoneḥ
yonim viśanti ca tiṣṭhanti nipatanti utpatanti

15. Indeed, some of those minds, taking on manifold forms, enter from one birth to another (saṃsāra). Those minds persist, falling down and rising up (in various states of existence).

Words meanings summery:

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (of them), certain

• बहुरूपाणि (bahurūpāṇi) - manifold forms, various forms

• योनेः (yoneḥ) - from a womb, from a source, from a birth

• योनिम् (yonim) - to a womb, to a source, to a birth

• विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मनांसि (manāṁsi) - minds, mental faculties

• तानि (tāni) - those

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they remain, they exist

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down

• उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they rise up, they fly up

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (of them), certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, any, a certain one

Indefinite pronoun, from kiṃ + cid

बहुरूपाणि (bahurūpāṇi) - manifold forms, various forms

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahurūpa

bahurūpa - having many forms, manifold

From bahu (many) + rūpa (form)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+rūpa)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape
  noun (neuter)
  From root rūp- (to form)
  Root: rūp (class 10)

योनेः (yoneḥ) - from a womb, from a source, from a birth

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, birth, species

Root: yu (class 2)

योनिम् (yonim) - to a womb, to a source, to a birth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, birth, species

Root: yu (class 2)

विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root verb

Root: viś (class 6)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Particle

मनांसि (manāṁsi) - minds, mental faculties

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

R-stem noun

Root: man (class 4)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they remain, they exist

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root verb

Root: sthā (class 1)

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down

(verb)

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

Present Active

From prefix ni- + root pat- (to fall)

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they rise up, they fly up

(verb)

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

Present Active

From prefix ut- + root pat- (to fall, fly)

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction