योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-21

वद तद्भर्तृसर्गस्य किं पृथ्व्यादिषु कारणम् ।
तद्भूमण्डलतो भूतिर्जाता तत्र वरानने ॥ २१ ॥

vada tadbhartṛsargasya kiṃ pṛthvyādiṣu kāraṇam ,
tadbhūmaṇḍalato bhūtirjātā tatra varānane 21

21. vada tat bhartṛsargasya kim pṛthvīādiṣu kāraṇam
tat bhūmaṇḍalataḥ bhūtiḥ jātā tatra varānane

21. varānane,
vada pṛthvīādiṣu tat bhartṛsargasya kim kāraṇam? tatra tat bhūmaṇḍalataḥ bhūtiḥ jātā

21. Tell me, O beautiful-faced one, what is the cause of that husband's creation among the earth and other elements? There, his existence arose from that very earthly realm.

Words meanings summery:

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• तत् (tat) - of that (husband's) (that, his)

• भर्तृसर्गस्य (bhartṛsargasya) - of the creation/rebirth of Līlā's husband (of the husband's creation)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• पृथ्वीआदिषु (pṛthvīādiṣu) - among the earth etc., among earth and other elements

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• तत् (tat) - that (husband's) (that, his)

• भूमण्डलतः (bhūmaṇḍalataḥ) - from the earthly realm, from the terrestrial globe

• भूतिः (bhūtiḥ) - existence or manifestation (existence, being, prosperity, welfare)

• जाता (jātā) - born, arisen, produced

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वरानने (varānane) - O Līlā (addressed by Śrīdevī) (O beautiful-faced one, O lovely-faced one)

Words meanings and morphology

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative Mood

Form of √vad (to speak) in present active 2nd singular imperative

Root: vad (class 1)

तत् (tat) - of that (husband's) (that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Pronominal stem, used here in a possessive sense (of that)

Note: Implied genitive case from context or part of a compound.

भर्तृसर्गस्य (bhartṛsargasya) - of the creation/rebirth of Līlā's husband (of the husband's creation)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛsarga

bhartṛsarga - husband's creation, creation of the husband

Compound: 'bhartṛ' (husband) + 'sarga' (creation, emanation)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhartṛ+sarga)

• bhartṛ – husband, maintainer, supporter
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhṛ (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• sarga – creation, emanation, origin
  noun (masculine)
  From √sṛj (to emit, create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Asks 'what' is the cause.

पृथ्वीआदिषु (pṛthvīādiṣu) - among the earth etc., among earth and other elements

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pṛthvīādi

pṛthvīādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Compound: 'pṛthvī' (earth) + 'ādi' (beginning, etc.)

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi)

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

Note: Refers to the elemental causes.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From √kṛ (to do, make), suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (husband's) (that, his)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Pronominal stem, nominative/accusative singular neuter

भूमण्डलतः (bhūmaṇḍalataḥ) - from the earthly realm, from the terrestrial globe

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhūmaṇḍala

bhūmaṇḍala - earthly realm, terrestrial globe, circle of the earth

Compound: 'bhū' (earth) + 'maṇḍala' (circle, globe). Suffix -tas for ablative meaning.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhū+maṇḍala)

• bhū – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, globe, sphere, region
  noun (neuter)

Note: 'tas' suffix implies ablative meaning.

भूतिः (bhūtiḥ) - existence or manifestation (existence, being, prosperity, welfare)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - existence, being, prosperity, welfare, ashes

From √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'jātā'.

जाता (jātā) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtiḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad' (that) + suffix '-tra'

वरानने (varānane) - O Līlā (addressed by Śrīdevī) (O beautiful-faced one, O lovely-faced one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varānanā

varānanā - beautiful-faced, lovely-faced woman

Compound: 'vara' (excellent, beautiful) + 'ānana' (face). Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+ānana)

• vara – excellent, best, beautiful, boon
  adjective (feminine)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)