योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-4

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
बहूनि ब्रह्मलक्षाणि शंकरेन्द्रशतानि च ।
नारायणसहस्राणि समतीतानि राघव ॥ ४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
bahūni brahmalakṣāṇi śaṃkarendraśatāni ca ,
nārāyaṇasahasrāṇi samatītāni rāghava 4

4. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | bahūni brahmalakṣāṇi śaṅkarendraśatāni
ca | nārāyaṇasahasrāṇi samatītāni rāghava || 4 ||

4. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca rāghava bahūni brahmalakṣāṇi
śaṅkarendraśatāni ca nārāyaṇasahasrāṇi samatītāni 4

4. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Rāghava, many lakhs of Brahmās, hundreds of Śankaras and Indras, and thousands of Nārāyaṇas have already passed away."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

• ब्रह्मलक्षाणि (brahmalakṣāṇi) - lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of Brahmās

• शङ्करेन्द्रशतानि (śaṅkarendraśatāni) - hundreds of Śankaras and Indras

• च (ca) - and

• नारायणसहस्राणि (nārāyaṇasahasrāṇi) - thousands of Nārāyaṇas

• समतीतानि (samatītāni) - passed away, elapsed, gone by

• राघव (rāghava) - Addressing Prince Rama (O descendant of Raghu, O Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The illustrious Vasiṣṭha; Venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, glorious, venerable
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class) in perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with brahmalakṣāṇi etc.

ब्रह्मलक्षाणि (brahmalakṣāṇi) - lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of Brahmās

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of brahmalakṣa

brahmalakṣa - a lakh (100,000) of Brahmās

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahma+lakṣa)

• brahma – Brahmā (the creator deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand, lakh
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of samatītāni

शङ्करेन्द्रशतानि (śaṅkarendraśatāni) - hundreds of Śankaras and Indras

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śaṅkarendraśata

śaṅkarendraśata - a hundred of Śankaras and Indras

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (śaṅkara+indra+śata)

• śaṅkara – Shiva (deity), auspicious, causing prosperity
  proper noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of samatītāni

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नारायणसहस्राणि (nārāyaṇasahasrāṇi) - thousands of Nārāyaṇas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nārāyaṇasahasra

nārāyaṇasahasra - a thousand of Nārāyaṇas

Compound type : tatpurusha (nārāyaṇa+sahasra)

• nārāyaṇa – Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu, preserver deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of samatītāni

समतीतानि (samatītāni) - passed away, elapsed, gone by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of samatīta

samatīta - passed by, elapsed, gone away

Past Passive Participle

from root i (to go) with prefixes sam-ati

Prefixes: sam+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with brahmalakṣāṇi etc.

राघव (rāghava) - Addressing Prince Rama (O descendant of Raghu, O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

patronymic from Raghu

Note: Vocative addressing Rama