योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-24

कालरात्रिरियं सेति मयानुमितदेहिका ।
काली भगवती सेयमितिनिर्णीतसज्जना ॥ २४ ॥

kālarātririyaṃ seti mayānumitadehikā ,
kālī bhagavatī seyamitinirṇītasajjanā 24

24. kālarātriḥ iyam sā iti mayā anumitadehikā
kālī bhagavatī sā iyam iti nirṇītasajjanā

24. iyam sā kālarātriḥ iti mayā anumitadehikā
iyam sā bhagavatī kālī iti nirṇītasajjanā

24. Thinking, 'This is Kalaratri,' I inferred her body. Yet, by the virtuous, she is decisively recognized as the divine (bhagavatī) Kālī.

Words meanings summery:

• कालरात्रिः (kālarātriḥ) - Night of Death; Kalaratri (a powerful goddess, a form of Durgā)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, thinking

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अनुमितदेहिका (anumitadehikā) - whose body is inferred, having an inferred body

• काली (kālī) - Kālī (the goddess)

• भगवती (bhagavatī) - divine, venerable, glorious one (feminine); goddess

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, thinking

• निर्णीतसज्जना (nirṇītasajjanā) - whose true nature is determined by the good/virtuous people

Words meanings and morphology

कालरात्रिः (kālarātriḥ) - Night of Death; Kalaratri (a powerful goddess, a form of Durgā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālarātri

kālarātri - night of destruction, Kalaratri (a goddess)

Compound of kāla (time/death) and rātri (night)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+rātri)

• kāla – time, death, black
  noun (masculine)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, thinking

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun

अनुमितदेहिका (anumitadehikā) - whose body is inferred, having an inferred body

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anumitadehika

anumitadehika - having a body that is inferred/conjectured

Compound of anumita (inferred) and dehikā (body, small body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anumita+dehikā)

• anumita – inferred, conjectured, estimated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'mā' (to measure, to know) with prefix 'anu'
  Prefix: anu
  Root: mā (class 3)
• dehikā – small body, bodily form
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of deha (body)

Note: Refers to the Devi.

काली (kālī) - Kālī (the goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālī

kālī - Kālī, the black goddess

Feminine form of kāla (black, time, death)

भगवती (bhagavatī) - divine, venerable, glorious one (feminine); goddess

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhagavatī

bhagavatī - divine, venerable, glorious, blessed one; goddess

Feminine form of bhagavat (possessing fortune, glorious)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, thinking

(indeclinable)

निर्णीतसज्जना (nirṇītasajjanā) - whose true nature is determined by the good/virtuous people

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirṇītasajjana

nirṇītasajjana - whose nature is determined by the good people

Compound of nirṇīta (determined) and sajjana (good people)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirṇīta+sajjana)

• nirṇīta – determined, decided, ascertained, concluded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ṇī' (to lead) with prefixes 'nis' and 'pra'
  Prefixes: nis+pra
  Root: ṇī (class 1)
• sajjana – good person, virtuous person
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of sat (good, virtuous) and jana (person)

Note: Refers to the Devi.