योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-20, verse-6

पुरुषश्चेच्छरीरं स्यात्कथं शुक्रो महामतिः ।
अगमद्विविधाकारं जन्मान्तरशतभ्रमम् ॥ ६ ॥

puruṣaśceccharīraṃ syātkathaṃ śukro mahāmatiḥ ,
agamadvividhākāraṃ janmāntaraśatabhramam 6

6. puruṣaḥ cet śarīram syāt katham śukraḥ mahāmatiḥ
agamat vividhā-ākāram janmāntara-śata-bhramam

6. puruṣaḥ śarīram cet syāt katham mahāmatiḥ śukraḥ
vividhā-ākāram janmāntara-śata-bhramam agamat

6. If the person (puruṣa) were the body, how could the great-minded Shukra have experienced hundreds of rebirths (saṃsāra) in various forms?

Words meanings summery:

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, spiritual being)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, were

• कथम् (katham) - how? why?

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Shukra (name of a sage, preceptor of asuras)

• महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great-minded, highly intelligent

• अगमत् (agamat) - went, attained, experienced

• विविधा-आकारम् (vividhā-ākāram) - of various forms, having diverse appearances

• जन्मान्तर-शत-भ्रमम् (janmāntara-śata-bhramam) - hundreds of rebirths (saṃsāra) (wandering through hundreds of rebirths)

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, spiritual being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, spirit, soul, the supreme being (puruṣa)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, were

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? why?

(indeclinable)

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Shukra (name of a sage, preceptor of asuras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - Shukra (name of a sage/planet Venus), bright, white

Note: Subject of agamat.

महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great-minded, highly intelligent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great-minded, highly intelligent, of great wisdom

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

अगमत् (agamat) - went, attained, experienced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: a-gam-at is the aorist form.

विविधा-आकारम् (vividhā-ākāram) - of various forms, having diverse appearances

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vividhā-ākāra

vividhā-ākāra - of various forms, having diverse appearances

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+ākāra)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ

Note: The word vividhā ending in ā indicates it could be feminine, but in compounds vividha is the base, and it forms part of a masculine compound vividhā-ākāra which then declines in accusative singular.

जन्मान्तर-शत-भ्रमम् (janmāntara-śata-bhramam) - hundreds of rebirths (saṃsāra) (wandering through hundreds of rebirths)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janmāntara-śata-bhrama

janmāntara-śata-bhrama - wandering (bhrama) through hundreds (śata) of other births (janmāntara)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janma-antara+śata+bhrama)

• janma – birth, existence
  noun (neuter)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• antara – other, different, interval
  adjective (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• bhrama – wandering, roaming, error, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Object of agamat.