योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-8, verse-12

पृथक्चेद्बुद्धिरन्योऽर्थः सैव चेत्कान्यता तयोः ।
कल्पनायां प्रमाणं चेत्पौरुषं किं न कल्प्यते ॥ १२ ॥

pṛthakcedbuddhiranyo'rthaḥ saiva cetkānyatā tayoḥ ,
kalpanāyāṃ pramāṇaṃ cetpauruṣaṃ kiṃ na kalpyate 12

12. pṛthak cet buddhiḥ anyaḥ arthaḥ sā eva cet kā anyatā
tayoḥ kalpanāyām pramāṇam cet pauruṣam kim na kalpyate

12. buddhiḥ pṛthak cet,
(tadā) anyaḥ arthaḥ sā eva cet (asti),
tayoḥ kā anyatā? kalpanāyām pramāṇam cet,
pauruṣam kim na kalpyate?

12. If the intellect (buddhi) is something distinct from (destiny), then it constitutes another entity. But if it (destiny) is identical to the intellect, then what difference is there between the two? If there is any evidence for such an assumption (kalpanā), then why is human effort (pauruṣa) not conceived as the cause?

Words meanings summery:

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - distinct, separate (separately, apart, distinct, individually)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi), as a distinct mental faculty (intellect, understanding, reason, perception)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - different, another (entity) (other, different, another)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - a different entity/thing (meaning, purpose, object, thing, entity)

• सा (sā) - that (intellect/destiny, referring to feminine buddhi or perhaps daiva being treated as feminine for argument's sake, but more likely referring back to buddhi) (she, that (feminine))

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly the same (indeed, only, just, same)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

• का (kā) - what (difference) (who, what (feminine))

• अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, distinctness (difference, distinctness, otherness)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - between the two (intellect and destiny) (of the two, in the two)

• कल्पनायाम् (kalpanāyām) - in this assumption (kalpanā) (in the imagination, in the assumption, in the construction)

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, evidence (proof, evidence, authority, standard)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort (pauruṣa) (human effort, virility, manliness, human power)

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is assumed, is conceived (is imagined, is assumed, is conceived, is manufactured)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथक् (pṛthak) - distinct, separate (separately, apart, distinct, individually)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, used to introduce a condition.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi), as a distinct mental faculty (intellect, understanding, reason, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

From root √budh (to know, understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - different, another (entity) (other, different, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Indefinite pronoun/adjective.

Note: Agrees with 'arthaḥ'.

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - a different entity/thing (meaning, purpose, object, thing, entity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, thing, entity

Note: Predicate noun for 'buddhiḥ'.

सा (sā) - that (intellect/destiny, referring to feminine buddhi or perhaps daiva being treated as feminine for argument's sake, but more likely referring back to buddhi) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Feminine nominative singular of 'tad'.

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly the same (indeed, only, just, same)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, used to introduce a condition.

का (kā) - what (difference) (who, what (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Feminine nominative singular of the interrogative pronoun 'kim'.

अन्यता (anyatā) - difference, distinctness (difference, distinctness, otherness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - difference, distinctness, otherness

Derived from anya (other) + -tā (abstract noun suffix).

Note: Predicate noun for 'kā'.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - between the two (intellect and destiny) (of the two, in the two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Genitive/locative dual of 'tad' pronoun.

Note: Also locative dual. Genitive makes sense for "difference of the two".

कल्पनायाम् (kalpanāyām) - in this assumption (kalpanā) (in the imagination, in the assumption, in the construction)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, assumption, contrivance, creation

From root √kḷp (to arrange, produce, imagine).

Root: kḷp (class 10)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, evidence (proof, evidence, authority, standard)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - proof, evidence, authority, standard

From pra- (prefix) + √mā (to measure, know).

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, used to introduce a condition.

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort (pauruṣa) (human effort, virility, manliness, human power)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, virility, manliness, human power

Derived from puruṣa (man, person) + -a (suffix).

Note: The subject of the passive verb 'kalpyate'.

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle or pronoun.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is assumed, is conceived (is imagined, is assumed, is conceived, is manufactured)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kḷp

From root √kḷp (to arrange, imagine), in passive voice, present tense.

Root: kḷp (class 10)