योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-83, verse-19

कपर्दकाः स्युर्भवता चत्वारोऽष्टौ च कालतः ।
ततः शतं सहस्रं च सहस्रे चेति चेतसा ॥ १९ ॥

kapardakāḥ syurbhavatā catvāro'ṣṭau ca kālataḥ ,
tataḥ śataṃ sahasraṃ ca sahasre ceti cetasā 19

19. kapardakāḥ syuḥ bhavatā catvāraḥ aṣṭau ca kālataḥ .
tataḥ śatam sahasram ca sahasre ca iti cetasā .

19. cetasā iti: kālataḥ bhavatā kapardakāḥ catvāraḥ ca aṣṭau ca syuḥ.
tataḥ śatam ca sahasram ca sahasre ca.

19. With his mind, he imagined: 'By multiplication, these cowrie shells would become four, then eight, in time. After that, a hundred, a thousand, and even two thousand.'

Words meanings summery:

• कपर्दकाः (kapardakāḥ) - cowrie shells

• स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, might become

• भवता (bhavatā) - Referring to the process of increase from the single cowrie shell, or 'by this (single cowrie)'. (by becoming, by multiplication/growth)

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• च (ca) - and

• कालतः (kālataḥ) - in time, over time, in due course

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्रे (sahasre) - progressing to two thousand (cowrie shells) (two thousand)

• च (ca) - and

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the Kirāta's thought process (thus, so, (marks the end of a quote or thought))

• चेतसा (cetasā) - with the mind, by thought

Words meanings and morphology

कपर्दकाः (kapardakāḥ) - cowrie shells

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kapardaka

kapardaka - cowrie shell, a small coin

स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, might become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Optative mood (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd person plural, active voice (parasmaipada) of the root as (class 2).

Root: as (class 2)

भवता (bhavatā) - Referring to the process of increase from the single cowrie shell, or 'by this (single cowrie)'. (by becoming, by multiplication/growth)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - being, existing, becoming, occurring

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root 'bhū' (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here instrumentally to indicate the means or process of growth.

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

(numeral)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कालतः (kālataḥ) - in time, over time, in due course

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'kāla' (time) with the suffix '-tas' (indicating 'from' or 'by means of').

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहस्रे (sahasre) - progressing to two thousand (cowrie shells) (two thousand)

(numeral)

Note: Used here in dual accusative, indicating 'two thousands'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the Kirāta's thought process (thus, so, (marks the end of a quote or thought))

(indeclinable)

चेतसा (cetasā) - with the mind, by thought

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, heart, thought