योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-9

क्वचिदाजीवमेकत्र स्थितान्युपलदेहवत् ।
वांग्मात्रव्यवहाराणि भूतान्यालोकितानि खे ॥ ९ ॥

kvacidājīvamekatra sthitānyupaladehavat ,
vāṃgmātravyavahārāṇi bhūtānyālokitāni khe 9

9. kvacit ājīvam ekatra sthitāni upala-deha-vat
vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi bhūtāni ālokitāni khe

9. kvacit bhūtāni ājīvam ekatra upala-deha-vat
sthitāni vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi ālokitāni khe

9. Sometimes, in the sky (kha), beings (bhūta) were seen who remained in one place for a lifetime, like stone figures, their only activity being speech.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• आजीवम् (ājīvam) - throughout life, for a lifetime

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - standing, remaining, situated, abiding

• उपल-देह-वत् (upala-deha-vat) - like a body of stone, resembling a stone body

• वाक्-मात्र-व्यवहाराणि (vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi) - whose activity is merely speech, communicating only through speech

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• आलोकितानि (ālokitāni) - seen, observed, perceived

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

आजीवम् (ājīvam) - throughout life, for a lifetime

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of ājīva (life)

Note: Adverb of time.

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

(indeclinable)

From eka + -tra (suffix for place)

Note: Adverb of place.

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - standing, remaining, situated, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

उपल-देह-वत् (upala-deha-vat) - like a body of stone, resembling a stone body

(indeclinable)

Compound noun with -vat suffix (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upala+deha)

• upala – stone, gem
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

Note: Adverb modifying sthitāni.

वाक्-मात्र-व्यवहाराणि (vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi) - whose activity is merely speech, communicating only through speech

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vāk-mātra-vyavahāra

vāk-mātra-vyavahāra - whose activity is merely speech

Compound adjective: vāk (speech) + mātra (only) + vyavahāra (activity)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāk+mātra+vyavahāra)

• vāk – speech, word
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, mere, merely
  adjective (neuter)
• vyavahāra – activity, conduct, communication
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb of seeing/being observed.

आलोकितानि (ālokitāni) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ālokita

ālokita - seen, observed

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√lok (to see)

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni. Implies "they were seen".

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

Note: Adverb of place.