योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-5

केचित्प्रथमजन्मानः केचिज्जन्मशताधिकाः ।
केचिद्वाऽजन्मसंख्याकाः केचिद्धित्रिभवान्तराः ॥ ५ ॥

kecitprathamajanmānaḥ kecijjanmaśatādhikāḥ ,
kecidvā'janmasaṃkhyākāḥ keciddhitribhavāntarāḥ 5

5. kecit prathamajanmānaḥ kecit janmaśatādhikāḥ
kecit vā ajanamasaṃkhyākāḥ kecit dvitribhavāntarāḥ

5. kecit prathamajanmānaḥ kecit janmaśatādhikāḥ
kecit vā ajanamasaṃkhyākāḥ kecit dvitribhavāntarāḥ

5. Some are experiencing their first birth, while others have endured hundreds of births. Still others have had an uncountable number of births, and some are currently between two or three existences.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• प्रथमजन्मानः (prathamajanmānaḥ) - having their first birth, newly born

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• जन्मशताधिकाः (janmaśatādhikāḥ) - having hundreds of births, exceeding hundreds of births

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अजनमसंख्याकाः (ajanamasaṁkhyākāḥ) - having countless births, numberless births

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• द्वित्रिभवान्तराः (dvitribhavāntarāḥ) - having an interval of two or three existences/births

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what

प्रथमजन्मानः (prathamajanmānaḥ) - having their first birth, newly born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prathamajanman

prathamajanman - one who has a first birth, newly born

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prathama+janman)

• prathama – first, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: prath
• janman – birth, existence, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to "some" beings.

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what

जन्मशताधिकाः (janmaśatādhikāḥ) - having hundreds of births, exceeding hundreds of births

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janmaśatādhika

janmaśatādhika - exceeding a hundred births, having more than a hundred births

Compound with adhika (exceeding)

Compound type : tatpurusha (janma+śata+adhika)

• janma – birth, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• adhika – exceeding, superior, more
  adjective (masculine)
  From adhi + ka (from kā or kan)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to "some" beings.

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अजनमसंख्याकाः (ajanamasaṁkhyākāḥ) - having countless births, numberless births

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ajanamasaṃkhyāka

ajanamasaṁkhyāka - one for whom the number of births is infinite, having countless births

a (negation) + janma (birth) + saṃkhyā (number) + ka (suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+janma+saṃkhyā+ka)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
• janma – birth, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• saṃkhyā – number, count
  noun (feminine)
  From sam + khyā
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• ka – suffix indicating 'related to' or 'possessing'
  suffix (masculine)
  Primary nominal suffix

Note: Refers to "some" beings.

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what

द्वित्रिभवान्तराः (dvitribhavāntarāḥ) - having an interval of two or three existences/births

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvitribhavāntara

dvitribhavāntara - having an interval of two or three existences/births

Compound

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (dvi+tri+bhava+antara)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• tri – three
  numeral
• bhava – existence, birth, state of being, (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• antara – interval, difference, other, intermediate
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ant

Note: Refers to "some" beings.