योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-8

जनकः कोऽम्बरादीनां सत्तायाः कः स्वभावदः ।
को जगद्रत्नकोशः स्यात्कस्य कोशो मणेर्जगत् ॥ ८ ॥

janakaḥ ko'mbarādīnāṃ sattāyāḥ kaḥ svabhāvadaḥ ,
ko jagadratnakośaḥ syātkasya kośo maṇerjagat 8

8. janakaḥ kaḥ ambarādīnām sattāyāḥ kaḥ svabhāvadaḥ
kaḥ jagadratnakośaḥ syāt kasya kośaḥ maṇeḥ jagat

8. ambarādīnām janakaḥ kaḥ sattāyāḥ svabhāvadaḥ kaḥ
jagadratnakośaḥ kaḥ syāt jagat kasya maṇeḥ kośaḥ

8. Who is the progenitor of the sky and other elements? Who bestows the intrinsic nature (svabhāva) upon existence? What constitutes the world's treasury of jewels? And for whom is the world itself a treasury of jewels?

Words meanings summery:

• जनकः (janakaḥ) - progenitor, father, creator

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अम्बरादीनाम् (ambarādīnām) - of the sky and others (elements)

• सत्तायाः (sattāyāḥ) - of existence, being

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• स्वभावदः (svabhāvadaḥ) - one who grants intrinsic nature

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• जगद्रत्नकोशः (jagadratnakośaḥ) - the world's jewel-treasury

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury, sheath

• मणेः (maṇeḥ) - of a jewel, of jewels

• जगत् (jagat) - the world

Words meanings and morphology

जनकः (janakaḥ) - progenitor, father, creator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - generator, producer, father, cause

Agent noun from root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अम्बरादीनाम् (ambarādīnām) - of the sky and others (elements)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of ambarādi

ambarādi - the sky and so on (referring to elements)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ambara+ādi)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, garment
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so on
  indeclinable

सत्तायाः (sattāyāḥ) - of existence, being

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

स्वभावदः (svabhāvadaḥ) - one who grants intrinsic nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svabhāvada

svabhāvada - giver of one's own nature (svabhāva)

Compound of svabhāva (intrinsic nature) and da (giver)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (svabhāva+da)

• svabhāva – one's own nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• da – giving, bestowing (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

जगद्रत्नकोशः (jagadratnakośaḥ) - the world's jewel-treasury

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagadratnakośa

jagadratnakośa - treasury of the world's jewels

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jagat+ratna+kośa)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present active participle of gam (to go) used as a noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• kośa – treasury, casket, sheath
  noun (masculine)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury, sheath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - treasury, casket, sheath, budget, container

मणेः (maṇeḥ) - of a jewel, of jewels

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of maṇi

maṇi - jewel, gem, precious stone

जगत् (jagat) - the world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)