योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-28

सहस्रचन्द्रबिम्बानि शतसूर्याणि कानिचित् ।
सुवर्णामृतवेषाम्बुमयभूतानि कानिचित् ॥ २८ ॥

sahasracandrabimbāni śatasūryāṇi kānicit ,
suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbumayabhūtāni kānicit 28

28. sahasracandrabimbāni śatasūryāṇi kānicit
suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūtāni kānicit

28. kānicit sahasracandrabimbāni śatasūryāṇi
kānicit suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūtāni

28. Some (manifestations) appear as thousands of moon-disks and hundreds of suns; others are beings composed of gold, nectar, garments, and water.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रचन्द्रबिम्बानि (sahasracandrabimbāni) - thousands of moon-disks, moon-orbs numbering a thousand

• शतसूर्याणि (śatasūryāṇi) - hundreds of suns

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

• सुवर्णामृतवेषाम्भुमयभूतानि (suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūtāni) - (beings) consisting of gold, nectar, clothing, and water

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रचन्द्रबिम्बानि (sahasracandrabimbāni) - thousands of moon-disks, moon-orbs numbering a thousand

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasracandrabimba

sahasracandrabimba - a thousand moon-disks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahasra+candra+bimba)

• sahasra – a thousand, innumerable
  adjective (neuter)
• candra – moon, camphor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• bimba – disk, image, reflection, fruit
  noun (neuter)

शतसूर्याणि (śatasūryāṇi) - hundreds of suns

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śatasūrya

śatasūrya - a hundred suns

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sūrya)

• śata – a hundred
  adjective (neuter)
• sūrya – sun, sun-god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kimcid

kimcid - something, anything, a little, some

formed from 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (an indefinite particle)

Note: Used here as an indefinite pronoun, functioning as the subject of an implied verb 'are'.

सुवर्णामृतवेषाम्भुमयभूतानि (suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūtāni) - (beings) consisting of gold, nectar, clothing, and water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūta

suvarṇāmṛtaveṣāmbhumayabhūta - made of gold, nectar, clothing, water, and beings

A complex compound: suvarṇa (gold), amṛta (nectar), veṣa (clothing/appearance), ambu (water), maya (made of), bhūta (being/element).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (suvarṇa+amṛta+veṣa+ambu+maya+bhūta)

• suvarṇa – gold, beautiful color
  noun (neuter)
• amṛta – nectar, immortality, ambrosia
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die) with negative prefix 'a-'.
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• veṣa – dress, costume, disguise, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: viṣ (class 6)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective
  secondary suffix, forms adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kimcid

kimcid - something, anything, a little, some

formed from 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (an indefinite particle)

Note: Used here as an indefinite pronoun, functioning as the subject of an implied verb 'are'.

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