योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-179, verse-12

एकः सहस्रं भवति यथा ह्येते किलैन्दवाः ।
प्रयाता भूतलक्षत्वं संकल्पजगतां गणैः ॥ १२ ॥

ekaḥ sahasraṃ bhavati yathā hyete kilaindavāḥ ,
prayātā bhūtalakṣatvaṃ saṃkalpajagatāṃ gaṇaiḥ 12

12. ekaḥ sahasram bhavati yathā hi ete kila aindavāḥ
prayātā bhūtalakṣatvam saṅkalpajagatām gaṇaiḥ

12. yathā hi ete aindavāḥ saṅkalpajagatām gaṇaiḥ bhūtalakṣatvam prayātāḥ,
kila ekaḥ sahasram bhavati (tathā)

12. Just as these moonbeams, by means of the multitudes of worlds created by imagination (saṅkalpa), become a hundred thousand on earth, similarly, one (single entity) becomes a thousand.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - a single entity (one, single, unique)

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, exists, happens)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• एते (ete) - these (moonbeams) (these)

• किल (kila) - indeed, as if (indeed, certainly, as if, maybe)

• ऐन्दवाः (aindavāḥ) - moonbeams (lunar, related to the moon, moonbeams)

• प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - having attained (gone forth, departed, attained)

• भूतलक्षत्वम् (bhūtalakṣatvam) - the state of a hundred thousand on earth (the state of being a hundred thousand on earth)

• सङ्कल्पजगताम् (saṅkalpajagatām) - of the worlds created by (mental) resolve (saṅkalpa) (of the worlds created by imagination)

• गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by the multitudes (by the hosts, by the multitudes, by the groups)

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - a single entity (one, single, unique)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, exists, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (moonbeams) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

किल (kila) - indeed, as if (indeed, certainly, as if, maybe)

(indeclinable)

ऐन्दवाः (aindavāḥ) - moonbeams (lunar, related to the moon, moonbeams)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aindava

aindava - lunar, pertaining to the moon, moonbeam

Derived from 'indu' (moon)

Note: Adjective used substantively.

प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - having attained (gone forth, departed, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed, proceeded, attained

Past Passive Participle

From pra + √yā (to go)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with `ete aindavāḥ`.

भूतलक्षत्वम् (bhūtalakṣatvam) - the state of a hundred thousand on earth (the state of being a hundred thousand on earth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūtalakṣatva

bhūtalakṣatva - the state of being a hundred thousand on earth

Compound noun with suffix -tva (abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+lakṣa+tva)

• bhūta – earth, ground
  noun (neuter)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, state of being
  indeclinable
  abstract noun suffix

Note: Object of `prayātāḥ`.

सङ्कल्पजगताम् (saṅkalpajagatām) - of the worlds created by (mental) resolve (saṅkalpa) (of the worlds created by imagination)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of saṅkalpajagat

saṅkalpajagat - world created by imagination/resolve

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+jagat)

• saṅkalpa – conception, intention, resolve, imagination
  noun (masculine)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)

Note: Governs `gaṇaiḥ`.

गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by the multitudes (by the hosts, by the multitudes, by the groups)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gaṇa

gaṇa - group, host, multitude, collection

Note: Agent of `prayātāḥ`.