योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-63

निमेषकृतसंहाराः सन्ति केचन कुत्रचित् ।
निमेषोन्मेषसंक्षीणकल्पजालाः सहस्रशः ॥ ६३ ॥

nimeṣakṛtasaṃhārāḥ santi kecana kutracit ,
nimeṣonmeṣasaṃkṣīṇakalpajālāḥ sahasraśaḥ 63

63. nimeṣakṛtasaṃhārāḥ santi kecana kutracit
nimeṣonmeṣasaṃkṣīṇakalpajālāḥ sahasraśaḥ

63. kecana kutracit nimeṣakṛtasaṃhārāḥ santi
sahasraśaḥ nimeṣonmeṣasaṃkṣīṇakalpajālāḥ

63. There are some beings in certain places whose destruction occurs with a mere blink of an eye. And there are thousands more whose vast networks of cosmic ages (kalpas) are utterly consumed by a single blink and unblinking.

Words meanings summery:

• निमेषकृतसंहाराः (nimeṣakṛtasaṁhārāḥ) - those whose destruction is caused by a blink

• सन्ति (santi) - they exist, they are

• केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

• कुत्रचित् (kutracit) - somewhere, in some place

• निमेषोन्मेषसंक्षीणकल्पजालाः (nimeṣonmeṣasaṁkṣīṇakalpajālāḥ) - those whose networks of cosmic ages (kalpas) are utterly destroyed by a blink and an unblinking (opening of the eye)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

निमेषकृतसंहाराः (nimeṣakṛtasaṁhārāḥ) - those whose destruction is caused by a blink

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nimeṣakṛtasaṃhāra

nimeṣakṛtasaṁhāra - one whose destruction is caused by a blink

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nimeṣa+kṛta+saṃhāra)

• nimeṣa – blink, twinkling of an eye, moment
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• saṃhāra – destruction, annihilation, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

सन्ति (santi) - they exist, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, some, any

formed from kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indefinite particle)

कुत्रचित् (kutracit) - somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

formed from kutra (where) + cid (indefinite particle)

निमेषोन्मेषसंक्षीणकल्पजालाः (nimeṣonmeṣasaṁkṣīṇakalpajālāḥ) - those whose networks of cosmic ages (kalpas) are utterly destroyed by a blink and an unblinking (opening of the eye)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nimeṣonmeṣasaṃkṣīṇakalpajāla

nimeṣonmeṣasaṁkṣīṇakalpajāla - one whose networks of kalpas are destroyed by a blink and an unblinking

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nimeṣa+unmeṣa+saṃkṣīṇa+kalpajāla)

• nimeṣa – blink, twinkling of an eye, moment
  noun (masculine)
• unmeṣa – unblinking, opening of the eye, waking up
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: miṣ (class 4)
• saṃkṣīṇa – utterly destroyed, completely wasted, diminished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root kṣi (to waste, to destroy) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• kalpajāla – network of cosmic ages
  noun (neuter)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix śas

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