योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-22

गतं चेदित उड्डीय कुतः स्यादिह भूतलम् ।
सहकारीणि कानीव कारणान्यत्र कारणे ॥ २२ ॥

gataṃ cedita uḍḍīya kutaḥ syādiha bhūtalam ,
sahakārīṇi kānīva kāraṇānyatra kāraṇe 22

22. gatam cet itaḥ uḍḍīya kutaḥ syāt iha bhūtalam
sahakārīṇi kāni iva kāraṇāni atra kāraṇe

22. cet iha bhūtalam itaḥ uḍḍīya gatam syāt kutaḥ
atra kāraṇe kāni iva sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni

22. If this earth were to vanish from here, where would it exist? What auxiliary causes, like what primary causes, would then be found in this very cause (of existence)?

Words meanings summery:

• गतम् (gatam) - vanished (gone, vanished, disappeared)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown away (having flown up, having flown away)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - where (from where, where, why)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would exist (would be, may be)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - this physical earth (earth, ground, surface of the earth)

• सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - supporting (co-operating, auxiliary, supporting)

• कानि (kāni) - what kind of (what, which)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - primary causes (causes, reasons, motives)

• अत्र (atra) - in this context (of existence/causality) (here, in this place, in this case)

• कारणे (kāraṇe) - in this very cause (fundamental essence) (in the cause, in the reason)

Words meanings and morphology

गतम् (gatam) - vanished (gone, vanished, disappeared)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam-1 with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

Locative suffix -tas

उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown away (having flown up, having flown away)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root ḍī with prefix ud and suffix -ya

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - where (from where, where, why)

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas

स्यात् (syāt) - would exist (would be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

Potential mood (vidhiliṅ), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - this physical earth (earth, ground, surface of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - earth, ground, surface of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+tala)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, earth
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū with suffix -ta
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - supporting (co-operating, auxiliary, supporting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahakārin

sahakārin - co-operating, auxiliary, helpful, supporting

Suffix -in from sahakaroti

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (saha+kārin)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
• kārin – doing, making, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ-8 with agent suffix -in
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कानि (kāni) - what kind of (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - primary causes (causes, reasons, motives)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Agent noun

Derived from root kṛ-8 with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अत्र (atra) - in this context (of existence/causality) (here, in this place, in this case)

(indeclinable)

From idam with suffix -tra

कारणे (kāraṇe) - in this very cause (fundamental essence) (in the cause, in the reason)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Agent noun

Derived from root kṛ-8 with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)