योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एवं जीवाश्चितो भावा भवभावनयोहिताः ।
ब्रह्मणः कल्पिताकाराल्लक्षशोऽप्यथ कोटिशः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
evaṃ jīvāścito bhāvā bhavabhāvanayohitāḥ ,
brahmaṇaḥ kalpitākārāllakṣaśo'pyatha koṭiśaḥ 1

1. evam jīvāḥ citaḥ bhāvāḥ bhavabhāvanayā ūhitāḥ
brahmaṇaḥ kalpitākārāt lakṣaśaḥ api atha koṭiśaḥ

1. (śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca) evam jīvāḥ citaḥ bhāvāḥ,
bhavabhāvanayā ūhitāḥ,
brahmaṇaḥ kalpitākārāt lakṣaśaḥ atha api koṭiśaḥ (jāyante)

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Thus, the conscious entities, the individual souls (jīvas), which are states of being and are conceived by the very idea of existence, arise in hundreds of thousands and even millions from the imagined forms of Brahman.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīvas)

• चितः (citaḥ) - conscious entities (conscious, collected, discerned)

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, states of being, existences, ideas

• भवभावनया (bhavabhāvanayā) - by the conception/idea of existence/becoming

• ऊहिताः (ūhitāḥ) - imagined, conceived, inferred, calculated

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from Brahman, of Brahman

• कल्पिताकारात् (kalpitākārāt) - from the imagined forms

• लक्षशः (lakṣaśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, also

• कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by ten millions, by crores, in ten millions

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha, an ancient revered sage, often prefixed with Śrī (illustrious)

Note: Name of the speaker

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Introduces Vasiṣṭha's speech

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a statement

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīvas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, individual self (jīva), life

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb

चितः (citaḥ) - conscious entities (conscious, collected, discerned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cita

cita - conscious, perceived, collected, piled up

Past Passive Participle

From root cit (to perceive, observe, understand) or ci (to collect, pile)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jīvāḥ' and 'bhāvāḥ'

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, states of being, existences, ideas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state of being, existence, entity, idea, feeling, nature

From root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for 'jīvāḥ'

भवभावनया (bhavabhāvanayā) - by the conception/idea of existence/becoming

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhavabhāvanā

bhavabhāvanā - conception of existence, thought of becoming

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+bhāvanā)

• bhava – existence, becoming, birth, world
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāvanā – conception, imagination, thought, meditation, mental creation
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be) in causative sense
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Instrument by which 'jīvāḥ' are conceived

ऊहिताः (ūhitāḥ) - imagined, conceived, inferred, calculated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūhita

ūhita - imagined, conceived, inferred, guessed, calculated

Past Passive Participle

From root ūh (to contemplate, imagine, infer)

Root: ūh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jīvāḥ' and 'bhāvāḥ'

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from Brahman, of Brahman

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality (brahman), the creator god Brahma, sacred word, Veda

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Indicates source or possession for 'kalpitākārāt'

कल्पिताकारात् (kalpitākārāt) - from the imagined forms

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kalpitākāra

kalpitākāra - imagined form, created shape

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpita+ākāra)

• kalpita – imagined, created, prepared, fabled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kḷp (to be in order, create, imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, aspect
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Source from which 'jīvāḥ' originate

लक्षशः (lakṣaśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding -śas suffix to lakṣa (hundred thousand)

Note: Quantifier

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects quantifiers

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects quantifiers

कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by ten millions, by crores, in ten millions

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding -śas suffix to koṭi (ten million)

Note: Quantifier, following 'lakṣaśaḥ'