योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-179, verse-14

एक एव भवत्यब्धिः स्रवन्तीनां शतैरपि ।
एक एव भवेत्काल ऋतुसंवत्सरोत्करैः ॥ १४ ॥

eka eva bhavatyabdhiḥ sravantīnāṃ śatairapi ,
eka eva bhavetkāla ṛtusaṃvatsarotkaraiḥ 14

14. ekaḥ eva bhavati abdhiḥ sravantīnām śataiḥ
api ekaḥ eva bhavet kālaḥ ṛtusaṃvatsarotkaraiḥ

14. sravantīnām śataiḥ api ekaḥ eva abdhiḥ bhavati.
(tathā) ṛtusaṃvatsarotkaraiḥ ekaḥ eva kālaḥ bhavet.

14. The ocean (abdhi) becomes one even with hundreds of rivers flowing into it. Similarly, time (kāla) becomes a single entity despite the collections of seasons and years.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, unified (one, single, unique)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

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

• अब्धिः (abdhiḥ) - ocean (abdhi) (ocean, sea)

• स्रवन्तीनाम् (sravantīnām) - of rivers (of rivers, of flowing ones)

• शतैः (śataiḥ) - by hundreds (of rivers) (by hundreds)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, unified (one, single, unique)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (potential sense) (may become, should become)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla) (time, season, period)

• ऋतुसंवत्सरोत्करैः (ṛtusaṁvatsarotkaraiḥ) - by the multitudes of seasons and years (by collections of seasons and years)

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, unified (one, single, unique)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Adjective modifying `abdhiḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

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)

अब्धिः (abdhiḥ) - ocean (abdhi) (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea

From ap (water) + dhā (to hold)

Note: Subject of `bhavati`.

स्रवन्तीनाम् (sravantīnām) - of rivers (of rivers, of flowing ones)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sravantī

sravantī - river, flowing (feminine)

Present Active Participle (feminine)

From √sru (to flow)

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Governs `śataiḥ`.

शतैः (śataiḥ) - by hundreds (of rivers) (by hundreds)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śata

śata - a hundred

Note: Used instrumentally to indicate the means or accompaniment.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates concession.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, unified (one, single, unique)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Adjective modifying `kālaḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (potential sense) (may become, should become)

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potentiality.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla) (time, season, period)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period, moment

Note: Subject of `bhavet`.

ऋतुसंवत्सरोत्करैः (ṛtusaṁvatsarotkaraiḥ) - by the multitudes of seasons and years (by collections of seasons and years)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṛtusaṃvatsarotkara

ṛtusaṁvatsarotkara - collection of seasons and years

Compound noun

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (ṛtu+saṃvatsara+utkara)

• ṛtu – season
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
• utkara – heap, multitude, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Instrument of becoming.