योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-42, verse-10

निमेष एव कल्पो यो महाकल्पपरम्पराम् ।
प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रेणानुभवत्यलम् ॥ १० ॥

nimeṣa eva kalpo yo mahākalpaparamparām ,
pratibhāsaviparyāsamātreṇānubhavatyalam 10

10. nimēṣaḥ eva kalpaḥ yaḥ mahākalpaparamparām
pratibhāsaviparyāsamātreṇa anubhavati alam

10. yaḥ pratibhāsaviparyāsamātreṇa mahākalpaparamparām alam anubhavati,
saḥ nimēṣaḥ eva kalpaḥ

10. That which, through a mere distortion of perception, fully experiences a succession of great cosmic ages (mahākalpa) as a mere blink of an eye, is itself a cosmic age (kalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• निमेषः (nimēṣaḥ) - a blink of an eye (blink, wink, moment, instant)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite, even

• कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - a cosmic age (cosmic age, eon, world period, possibility)

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• महाकल्पपरम्पराम् (mahākalpaparamparām) - succession of great cosmic ages

• प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रेण (pratibhāsaviparyāsamātreṇa) - by merely a distortion of perception

• अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, feels

• अलम् (alam) - fully (sufficiently, enough, fully, adequately)

Words meanings and morphology

निमेषः (nimēṣaḥ) - a blink of an eye (blink, wink, moment, instant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimēṣa

nimēṣa - a wink, twinkle of the eye, blink; a moment, instant; name of a measure of time

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite, even

(indeclinable)

कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - a cosmic age (cosmic age, eon, world period, possibility)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - a cosmic age, an eon; a sacred precept, rule, ordinance; a ritual; a possibility

Root: kḷp (class 10)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whichever, whoever

महाकल्पपरम्पराम् (mahākalpaparamparām) - succession of great cosmic ages

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahākalpaparamparā

mahākalpaparamparā - succession of great cosmic ages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahākalpa+paramparā)

• mahākalpa – a great cosmic age, the longest measure of time in Hindu cosmology
  noun (masculine)
• paramparā – a continuous series, succession, tradition
  noun (feminine)

प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रेण (pratibhāsaviparyāsamātreṇa) - by merely a distortion of perception

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pratibhāsaviparyāsamātra

pratibhāsaviparyāsamātra - only a distortion of perception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratibhāsa+viparyāsa+mātra)

• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, perception, insight
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• viparyāsa – inversion, transposition, contrary course, misconception, illusion, distortion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, mere
  noun (neuter)

अनुभवति (anubhavati) - experiences, perceives, feels

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of anubhavati

present active

3rd person singular

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - fully (sufficiently, enough, fully, adequately)

(indeclinable)