योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-179, verse-21

बहुदीपे गृहे च्छाया बह्वयो भान्त्येकवद्यथा ।
सर्वशक्तेस्तथैवैका भाति शक्तिरनेकधा ॥ २१ ॥

bahudīpe gṛhe cchāyā bahvayo bhāntyekavadyathā ,
sarvaśaktestathaivaikā bhāti śaktiranekadhā 21

21. bahudīpe gṛhe chāyāḥ bahvayaḥ bhānti ekavat yathā
sarvaśakteḥ tathā eva ekā bhāti śaktiḥ anekadhā

21. yathā bahudīpe gṛhe bahvayaḥ chāyāḥ ekavat bhānti
tathā eva sarvaśakteḥ ekā śaktiḥ anekadhā bhāti

21. Just as in a house with many lamps, many shadows appear as a single unified entity, so too does the one power (śakti) of the All-Powerful manifest itself in many diverse ways.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुदीपे (bahudīpe) - in a house with many lamps (in a house with many lamps, in a multi-lamped)

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in a house (in a house, in the home)

• छायाः (chāyāḥ) - shadows

• बह्वयः (bahvayaḥ) - many

• भान्ति (bhānti) - appear (they shine, they appear)

• एकवत् (ekavat) - as a single unified entity (like one, as one)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• सर्वशक्तेः (sarvaśakteḥ) - of the All-Powerful (of the all-powerful, of the supreme power)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, similarly, thus)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• एका (ekā) - the one (one, single)

• भाति (bhāti) - manifests itself (it shines, it appears)

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti) (power, energy)

• अनेकधा (anekadhā) - in many diverse ways (in many ways, manifoldly)

Words meanings and morphology

बहुदीपे (bahudīpe) - in a house with many lamps (in a house with many lamps, in a multi-lamped)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bahudīpa

bahudīpa - having many lamps

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+dīpa)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: modifies gṛhe

गृहे (gṛhe) - in a house (in a house, in the home)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

छायाः (chāyāḥ) - shadows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of chāyā

chāyā - shadow, shade, image, reflection

बह्वयः (bahvayaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, abundant

Note: feminine nominative plural of bahu, modifying chāyāḥ

भान्ति (bhānti) - appear (they shine, they appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

एकवत् (ekavat) - as a single unified entity (like one, as one)

(indeclinable)

from eka + vat suffix

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

सर्वशक्तेः (sarvaśakteḥ) - of the All-Powerful (of the all-powerful, of the supreme power)

(noun)

feminine, singular of sarvaśakti

sarvaśakti - all-power, omnipotence, the all-powerful one

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+śakti)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• śakti – power, energy, capability, divine feminine power
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Refers to the supreme being possessing all power.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - the one (one, single)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

Note: modifies śaktiḥ

भाति (bhāti) - manifests itself (it shines, it appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti) (power, energy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability, divine feminine power

Root: śak (class 5)

अनेकधा (anekadhā) - in many diverse ways (in many ways, manifoldly)

(indeclinable)

from aneka + dhā (suffix for 'in how many ways')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+eka)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single
  numeral/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)