योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-9

कचन्ति नृशतस्वाप्नपुराण्येकगृहे यथा ।
न च नाम कचन्त्येवं सन्त्यसन्ति जगन्ति खे ॥ ९ ॥

kacanti nṛśatasvāpnapurāṇyekagṛhe yathā ,
na ca nāma kacantyevaṃ santyasanti jaganti khe 9

9. kacanti nṛśatasvāpnapurāṇi ekagṛhe yathā na
ca nāma kacanti evam santi asanti jaganti khe

9. yathā ekagṛhe nṛśatasvāpnapurāṇi kacanti tathā
khe jaganti na ca nāma evam kacanti santi asanti

9. Just as the dream cities of a hundred people gleam (or appear) within a single house, so too do the worlds in consciousness (or space) appear, yet in truth they do not manifest in such a way, for they are neither truly existent nor truly non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• कचन्ति (kacanti) - they gleam, they shine, they appear, they are visible

• नृशतस्वाप्नपुराणि (nṛśatasvāpnapurāṇi) - dream cities of a hundred men

• एकगृहे (ekagṛhe) - in one house, in a single dwelling

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name

• कचन्ति (kacanti) - they gleam, they shine, they appear, they are visible

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• असन्ति (asanti) - they are not, they do not exist

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving things

• खे (khe) - in consciousness or the subtle space of the mind (in space, in the sky, in consciousness)

Words meanings and morphology

कचन्ति (kacanti) - they gleam, they shine, they appear, they are visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kac

Present Active

Root: kac (class 1)

नृशतस्वाप्नपुराणि (nṛśatasvāpnapurāṇi) - dream cities of a hundred men

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nṛśatasvāpnapura

nṛśatasvāpnapura - dream cities of a hundred men

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nṛ+śata+svāpna+pura)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• svāpna – relating to dream, dream-like
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from svapna with aṇ pratyaya
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)

एकगृहे (ekagṛhe) - in one house, in a single dwelling

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ekagṛha

ekagṛha - one house, a single dwelling

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+gṛha)

• eka – one, a single
  numeral (neuter)
• gṛha – house, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name

(indeclinable)

कचन्ति (kacanti) - they gleam, they shine, they appear, they are visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kac

Present Active

Root: kac (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

असन्ति (asanti) - they are not, they do not exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active (negated)

Negated form of santi

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go), with prefix ja- (reduplication)

Root: gam (class 1)

खे (khe) - in consciousness or the subtle space of the mind (in space, in the sky, in consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, sky, ether, void, aperture, Brahman