योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-16

लक्ष्माणीमानि कल्पानामिमा ब्रह्माण्डकोटयः ।
एते चेमे परिगता इमे भूय उपागताः ॥ १६ ॥

lakṣmāṇīmāni kalpānāmimā brahmāṇḍakoṭayaḥ ,
ete ceme parigatā ime bhūya upāgatāḥ 16

16. lakṣmāṇi imāni kalpānām imāḥ brahmāṇḍa-koṭayaḥ
| ete ca ime parigatāḥ ime bhūyaḥ upāgatāḥ ||

16. imāni kalpānām lakṣmāṇi; imāḥ brahmāṇḍa-koṭayaḥ; ete ca ime parigatāḥ; ime bhūyaḥ upāgatāḥ.

16. These are the characteristics of the eons (kalpas), and these are the countless universes (brahmāṇḍa-koṭis). These have passed away, and these (others) have appeared again.

Words meanings summery:

• लक्ष्माणि (lakṣmāṇi) - signs, characteristics, marks, auspicious signs

• इमानि (imāni) - these, these ones

• कल्पानाम् (kalpānām) - of the kalpas, of the eons

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these, these ones

• ब्रह्माण्ड-कोटयः (brahmāṇḍa-koṭayaḥ) - crores of universes, immense numbers of cosmic eggs

• एते (ete) - these, these ones

• च (ca) - and, also

• इमे (ime) - these, these ones

• परिगताः (parigatāḥ) - gone away, passed away, perished, completed

• इमे (ime) - these, these ones

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

• उपागताः (upāgatāḥ) - approached, returned, come near, arrived again

Words meanings and morphology

लक्ष्माणि (lakṣmāṇi) - signs, characteristics, marks, auspicious signs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of lakṣman

lakṣman - sign, mark, characteristic, attribute, auspicious sign

इमानि (imāni) - these, these ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

कल्पानाम् (kalpānām) - of the kalpas, of the eons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kalpa

kalpa - an eon, a cosmic cycle, a cosmic day of Brahmā

Root: kḷp (class 1)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these, these ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

ब्रह्माण्ड-कोटयः (brahmāṇḍa-koṭayaḥ) - crores of universes, immense numbers of cosmic eggs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of brahmāṇḍa-koṭi

brahmāṇḍa-koṭi - a crore (ten million) of brahmāṇḍas; countless universes; cosmic eggs

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+koṭi)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe
  noun (neuter)
• koṭi – ten million, crore, peak, extreme, type
  noun (feminine)

एते (ete) - these, these ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, this one

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these, these ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

परिगताः (parigatāḥ) - gone away, passed away, perished, completed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parigata

parigata - gone around, passed, departed, elapsed, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix pari- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: pari

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate.

इमे (ime) - these, these ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

(indeclinable)

उपागताः (upāgatāḥ) - approached, returned, come near, arrived again

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, returned, come near

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefixes upa- and ā- and suffix -ta.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate.

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