Shloka 8

यावन्त इह शकक्‍्येरंस्तावन्तों5शान्‌ प्रकल्पयेत्‌ । अव्यक्तान्‌ व्यक्तरूपांश्न शतशोडथ सहस्रश:,यहाँ जितनी कल्पनाएँ की जा सकती हैं, उतने ही सैकड़ों और हजारों अव्यक्त और व्यक्तरूप अंशोंकी कल्पना कर लें

yāvanta iha śakyeraṃs tāvanto'ṃśān prakalpayet | avyaktān vyaktarūpāṃś ca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

“As many distinctions as can possibly be conceived here, one may posit just so many ‘parts’ or aspects—hundreds and even thousands—some unmanifest and some taking manifest form.”

यावन्तःas many as
यावन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
शक्येरन्could be possible / could be done
शक्येरन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
तावन्तःso many (correspondingly)
तावन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अंशान्parts, portions
अंशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअंश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रकल्पयेत्should imagine/construct, should posit
प्रकल्पयेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-कल्पय् (कल्प्)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अव्यक्तान्unmanifest
अव्यक्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
व्यक्तरूपान्having manifest form
व्यक्तरूपान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यक्तरूप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds
शतशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस्
अथand then / also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)

Educational Q&A

Conceptual thought can generate innumerable divisions—manifest and unmanifest—so one should not mistake proliferating categories for final truth; the deeper aim is to grasp the underlying reality that informs right understanding and dharmic living.

A Brahmin speaker is explaining a philosophical point: that one may posit countless ‘parts’ or aspects of reality, in hundreds and thousands, spanning both the unmanifest and the manifest—setting up a discussion on how to interpret existence beyond mere conceptual proliferation.