योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-12

शतं कथं भवेदेकं कथमेकं शतं भवेत् ।
कथं स चेतना एते काष्ठलोष्टोपलादयः ॥ १२ ॥

śataṃ kathaṃ bhavedekaṃ kathamekaṃ śataṃ bhavet ,
kathaṃ sa cetanā ete kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādayaḥ 12

12. śataṃ kathaṃ bhavet ekaṃ kathaṃ ekaṃ śataṃ
bhavet kathaṃ sa cetanā ete kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādayaḥ

12. śataṃ ekaṃ kathaṃ bhavet? ekaṃ śataṃ kathaṃ
bhavet? ete kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādayaḥ sa cetanā kathaṃ?

12. How can a hundred become one? How can one become a hundred? How are these objects, such as wood, clods of earth, and stones, endowed with consciousness (cetanā)?

Words meanings summery:

• शतं (śataṁ) - a hundred, a multitude

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

• एकं (ekaṁ) - one, singular, alone

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• एकं (ekaṁ) - one, singular, alone

• शतं (śataṁ) - a hundred, a multitude

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• स (sa) - with consciousness (with, together with)

• चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness, intelligence, sentient being

• एते (ete) - these

• काष्ठलोष्टोपलादयः (kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādayaḥ) - wood, clods of earth, stones, and so on

Words meanings and morphology

शतं (śataṁ) - a hundred, a multitude

(noun)

neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred, a multitude

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

एकं (ekaṁ) - one, singular, alone

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, unique, alone

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एकं (ekaṁ) - one, singular, alone

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, unique, alone

शतं (śataṁ) - a hundred, a multitude

(noun)

neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred, a multitude

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - with consciousness (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Often treated as a particle or prefix meaning 'with', 'possessed of'. Derived from `saha`.

चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness, intelligence, sentient being

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, sentient being

From root `cit` (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

काष्ठलोष्टोपलादयः (kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādayaḥ) - wood, clods of earth, stones, and so on

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādi

kāṣṭhaloṣṭopalādi - wood, clods of earth, stones, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (kāṣṭha+loṣṭa+upala+ādi)

• kāṣṭha – wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• loṣṭa – clod of earth, lump of clay
  noun (masculine)
• upala – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: The plural form `ādayaḥ` agrees with `ete`.