योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-14

क्वासंभवद्भूतजाड्यं पृथ्व्यादेर्जडवस्तुनः ।
कार्यकारणं भवितुं शक्तं छायायाश्चातपो यथा ॥ १४ ॥

kvāsaṃbhavadbhūtajāḍyaṃ pṛthvyāderjaḍavastunaḥ ,
kāryakāraṇaṃ bhavituṃ śaktaṃ chāyāyāścātapo yathā 14

14. kva asaṃbhavat-bhūta-jāḍyam pṛthvyādeḥ jaḍa-vastunaḥ
kārya-kāraṇam bhavitum śaktam chāyāyāḥ ca ātapaḥ yathā

14. yathā chāyāyāḥ ca ātapaḥ pṛthvyādeḥ jaḍa-vastunaḥ
asaṃbhavat-bhūta-jāḍyam kārya-kāraṇam bhavitum śaktam kva

14. How can the inherent inertness of non-existent elements like earth and other insentient objects be capable of being both cause and effect? It is as impossible as a shadow being the cause or effect of sunlight (ātapa).

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?, how?

• असंभवत्-भूत-जाड्यम् (asaṁbhavat-bhūta-jāḍyam) - the inertness of non-existent elements/beings

• पृथ्व्यादेः (pṛthvyādeḥ) - of earth and so on, of objects like earth

• जड-वस्तुनः (jaḍa-vastunaḥ) - of an inert object

• कार्य-कारणम् (kārya-kāraṇam) - cause and effect, effect and cause

• भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to become

• शक्तम् (śaktam) - capable, able

• छायायाः (chāyāyāḥ) - of a shadow

• च (ca) - and

• आतपः (ātapaḥ) - sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?, how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express impossibility.

असंभवत्-भूत-जाड्यम् (asaṁbhavat-bhūta-jāḍyam) - the inertness of non-existent elements/beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asaṃbhavat-bhūta-jāḍya

asaṁbhavat-bhūta-jāḍya - inertness of non-existent elements

Compound: asaṃbhavat (non-existent, unreal) + bhūta (element, being) + jāḍya (inertness, stupidity)

Compound type : tatpurusha (asaṃbhavat+bhūta+jāḍya)

• asaṃbhavat – non-existent, impossible, unreal
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From a-saṃ-bhū (not possible to be)
  Prefixes: a+sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhūta – element, being, creature, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• jāḍya – inertness, insensibility, coldness, stupidity
  noun (neuter)
  From jaḍa (inert, dull) + -ya suffix

Note: The subject of the sentence.

पृथ्व्यादेः (pṛthvyādeḥ) - of earth and so on, of objects like earth

(noun)

masculine, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Compound of pṛthvī (earth) and ādi (beginning)

Compound type : tatpurusha/dvandva (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'jaḍa-vastunaḥ'.

जड-वस्तुनः (jaḍa-vastunaḥ) - of an inert object

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jaḍa-vastu

jaḍa-vastu - inert object, inanimate object

Compound of jaḍa (inert) and vastu (object)

Compound type : karmadharaya (jaḍa+vastu)

• jaḍa – inert, inanimate, dull
  adjective (neuter)
• vastu – object, thing, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jāḍyam'.

कार्य-कारणम् (kārya-kāraṇam) - cause and effect, effect and cause

(noun)

neuter, singular of kārya-kāraṇa

kārya-kāraṇa - effect and cause

Dvandva compound of kārya (effect) and kāraṇa (cause)

Compound type : dvandva (kārya+kāraṇa)

• kārya – effect, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as predicative nominative with 'bhavitum'.

भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to be, to become

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of bhū

Infinitive

Root: bhū (class 1)

शक्तम् (śaktam) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakta

śakta - capable, able, powerful

Past Passive Participle

From root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'jāḍyam'.

छायायाः (chāyāyāḥ) - of a shadow

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of chāyā

chāyā - shadow, shade, reflection

Note: Used in a comparison.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आतपः (ātapaḥ) - sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun

From ā-tap (to heat up)

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Used in a comparison.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)