योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-11

केचिच्छ्रपचचाण्डालकिरातावेशपुष्कसाः ।
केचित्तृणौषधी केचित्फलमूलपतङ्गकाः ॥ ११ ॥

kecicchrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasāḥ ,
kecittṛṇauṣadhī kecitphalamūlapataṅgakāḥ 11

11. kecit śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasāḥ
kecit tṛṇauṣadhī kecit phalamūlapatangakāḥ

11. kecit śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasāḥ
kecit tṛṇauṣadhī kecit phalamūlapatangakāḥ

11. Some are cooks, outcasts (cāṇḍāla), hunters (kirāta), specific tribes or castes (āveśa), and *puṣkasa*s; others are the collective of grasses and herbs; and still others are fruits, roots, and insects.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

• श्रपचचाण्डालकिरातावेशपुष्कसाः (śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasāḥ) - cooks (of low caste), outcasts, hunters, specific tribes, and Puṣkasas

• केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

• तृणौषधी (tṛṇauṣadhī) - grasses and herbs (collectively)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

• फलमूलपतन्गकाः (phalamūlapatangakāḥ) - fruits, roots, and insects/birds

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecit

kecit - some, anyone, a certain (person/thing)

Formed from the interrogative pronoun 'kad' (who/what) and the particle 'cit', indicating indefiniteness.

श्रपचचाण्डालकिरातावेशपुष्कसाः (śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasāḥ) - cooks (of low caste), outcasts, hunters, specific tribes, and Puṣkasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasa

śrapacacāṇḍālakirātāveśapuṣkasa - a compound list of low castes/tribes: cook, outcast, hunter, Āveśa, Puṣkasa

Compound type : Dvandva (śrapaca+cāṇḍāla+kirāta+āveśa+puṣkasa)

• śrapaca – cook (specifically, one of low caste whose profession is cooking)
  noun (masculine)
• cāṇḍāla – outcast, one of the lowest mixed castes
  noun (masculine)
• kirāta – hunter, a mountain tribe
  noun (masculine)
• āveśa – a specific low caste or tribe; entry, possession (less likely here)
  noun (masculine)
• puṣkasa – a mixed caste (often identified with a hunter or fowler, born from certain unions)
  noun (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecit

kecit - some, anyone, a certain (person/thing)

Formed from the interrogative pronoun 'kad' (who/what) and the particle 'cit', indicating indefiniteness.

तृणौषधी (tṛṇauṣadhī) - grasses and herbs (collectively)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṇauṣadhī

tṛṇauṣadhī - grasses and herbs (collectively)

Compound type : Dvandva (tṛṇa+oṣadhī)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• oṣadhī – herb, medicinal plant
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used here as a collective noun to denote a category, consistent with the preceding plural 'kecit'.

केचित् (kecit) - some, a certain (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecit

kecit - some, anyone, a certain (person/thing)

Formed from the interrogative pronoun 'kad' (who/what) and the particle 'cit', indicating indefiniteness.

फलमूलपतन्गकाः (phalamūlapatangakāḥ) - fruits, roots, and insects/birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phalamūlapatangaka

phalamūlapatangaka - a compound list: fruit, root, insect/bird

Compound type : Dvandva (phala+mūla+patangaka)

• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin
  noun (neuter)
• patangaka – insect, moth, bird
  noun (masculine)