योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-7

केचित्कल्पसहस्राणि जायमानाः पुनः पुनः ।
एकामेवास्थिता योनिं केचिद्योन्यन्तरं श्रिताः ॥ ७ ॥

kecitkalpasahasrāṇi jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ,
ekāmevāsthitā yoniṃ kecidyonyantaraṃ śritāḥ 7

7. kecit kalpasahasrāṇi jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ekām
eva āsthitāḥ yonim kecit yonyantaram śritāḥ

7. kecit kalpasahasrāṇi punaḥ punaḥ jāyamānāḥ ekām
eva yonim āsthitāḥ kecit yonyantaram śritāḥ

7. Some individuals, being born repeatedly for thousands of aeons (kalpa), remain confined to a single species (yoni), while others resort to a different species (yoni).

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain (people)

• कल्पसहस्राणि (kalpasahasrāṇi) - thousands of aeons, thousands of world-periods

• जायमानाः (jāyamānāḥ) - being born, coming into existence

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• एकाम् (ekām) - one, a single

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

• आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - abiding, standing in, established, occupying

• योनिम् (yonim) - species or type of birth (yoni) (womb, source, origin, species (yoni), birth)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain (people)

• योन्यन्तरम् (yonyantaram) - another species, a different womb (yoni)

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resorted to, taken refuge in, attained

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what

Indeclinable 'cit' added to 'ka' to form an indefinite pronoun.

कल्पसहस्राणि (kalpasahasrāṇi) - thousands of aeons, thousands of world-periods

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kalpasahasra

kalpasahasra - a thousand kalpas (aeons)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+sahasra)

• kalpa – aeon, world-period, cosmic cycle (kalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √kḷp (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in accusative to denote duration of time.

जायमानाः (jāyamānāḥ) - being born, coming into existence

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāyamāna

jāyamāna - being born, becoming

Present Middle Participle

From root √jan (to be born, to produce), 4th class, middle voice participle.

Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Adjectival use, agreeing with 'kecit'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

एकाम् (ekām) - one, a single

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'yonim'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - abiding, standing in, established, occupying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - standing in, situated, abiding, observing

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ā (towards, upon).

Prefix: ā

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kecit'.

योनिम् (yonim) - species or type of birth (yoni) (womb, source, origin, species (yoni), birth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, source, origin, species, birth, family

Note: Object of 'āsthitāḥ'.

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what

Indeclinable 'cit' added to 'ka' to form an indefinite pronoun.

योन्यन्तरम् (yonyantaram) - another species, a different womb (yoni)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yonyantara

yonyantara - another species, a different womb

Compound type : tatpurusha (yoni+antara)

• yoni – womb, source, origin, species
  noun (feminine)
• antara – other, different, interior
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Object of 'śritāḥ'.

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resorted to, taken refuge in, attained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, dependent on, gone to, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root √śri (to resort to, serve, go to).

Root: √śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kecit'.