योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-19, verse-21

प्रागकारणमेवाशु सर्गादौ सर्गलीलया ।
स्फुरित्वा कारणं भूतं प्रत्यक्षं स्वयमात्मनि ॥ २१ ॥

prāgakāraṇamevāśu sargādau sargalīlayā ,
sphuritvā kāraṇaṃ bhūtaṃ pratyakṣaṃ svayamātmani 21

21. prāk akāraṇam eva āśu sarga ādau sarga līlayā
sphuritvā kāraṇam bhūtam pratyakṣam svayam ātmani

21. sarga ādau sarga līlayā prāk akāraṇam eva āśu
sphuritvā ātmani svayam pratyakṣam kāraṇam bhūtam

21. Initially, it was causeless, but then, at the very beginning of creation, through the playful act of creation, it spontaneously manifested within the Self (ātman) as the visible cause.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राक् (prāk) - previously, before, formerly

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without a cause, causeless, uncaused

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

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emission, discharge

• आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, in the first place

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emission

• लीलया (līlayā) - by play, by sport, through amusement

• स्फुरित्वा (sphuritvā) - having manifested, having flashed, having appeared

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - having become, that which has come into being, manifest

• प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - perceptible, visible, manifest, before the eyes

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, spontaneously, personally

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman), in oneself

Words meanings and morphology

प्राक् (prāk) - previously, before, formerly

(indeclinable)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without a cause, causeless, uncaused

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless, uncaused

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emission, discharge

(noun)

masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, discharge, letting go

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, in the first place

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first

सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emission

(noun)

masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, discharge

Root: sṛj (class 6)

लीलया (līlayā) - by play, by sport, through amusement

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, pastime

स्फुरित्वा (sphuritvā) - having manifested, having flashed, having appeared

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: sphur (class 6)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - having become, that which has come into being, manifest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - become, happened, past, an entity, a creature

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū + -ta suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रत्यक्षम् (pratyakṣam) - perceptible, visible, manifest, before the eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣa

pratyakṣa - perceptible, visible, before the eyes

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+akṣa)

• prati – towards, against, before
  indeclinable
• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (neuter)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by itself, spontaneously, personally

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self (ātman), in oneself

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

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