योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-6

संपन्नमेव मे कस्मादसंपन्नमिव स्फुटम् ।
इदं जगदनाद्यन्तात्पदात्परमकारणात् ॥ ६ ॥

saṃpannameva me kasmādasaṃpannamiva sphuṭam ,
idaṃ jagadanādyantātpadātparamakāraṇāt 6

6. sampannam eva me kasmāt asampannam iva sphuṭam
| idam jagat anādyantāt padāt paramakāraṇāt

6. idam jagat anādyantāt paramakāraṇāt padāt
sampannam eva me kasmāt asampannam iva sphuṭam

6. Why does this world (jagat), which is clearly complete, appear to me as if incomplete, despite originating from the supreme cause, which is the beginningless and endless state (pada)?

Words meanings summery:

• सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - complete (accomplished, complete, endowed with, prosperous)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• मे (me) - to me (to me, by me, my, for me)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, by what cause)

• असम्पन्नम् (asampannam) - incomplete (incomplete, not accomplished, unfinished, imperfect)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly (clearly, distinctly, evident, manifest)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this world)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

• अनाद्यन्तात् (anādyantāt) - from the beginningless and endless (from the beginningless and endless, from that which has no beginning or end)

• पदात् (padāt) - from the state (pada) (from the state, from the position, from the abode, from the source, from the ultimate reality)

• परमकारणात् (paramakāraṇāt) - from the supreme cause (from the supreme cause, from the ultimate reason)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - complete (accomplished, complete, endowed with, prosperous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, complete, endowed with, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'sam' and root 'pad' (to go, fall)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, by me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Can be dative or genitive singular. Context suggests dative 'to me'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, by what cause)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'.

असम्पन्नम् (asampannam) - incomplete (incomplete, not accomplished, unfinished, imperfect)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asampanna

asampanna - incomplete, not accomplished, unfinished, imperfect

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'sampanna' (from 'sam' + 'pad')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sampanna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sampanna – accomplished, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam' (prefix) + root 'pad' (to go, fall)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly (clearly, distinctly, evident, manifest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, distinct, manifest, evident

From root 'sphuṭ' (to burst, blossom)

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Functions adverbially here.

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'jagat'.

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, what moves

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अनाद्यन्तात् (anādyantāt) - from the beginningless and endless (from the beginningless and endless, from that which has no beginning or end)

(adjective)

Ablative, singular of anādyanta

anādyanta - beginningless and endless, having no beginning or end

Compound of 'a-' (negation), 'ādi' (beginning), 'anta' (end)

Compound type : dvandva (anādi+anta)

• anādi – beginningless
  adjective
  Compound of 'a' (negative) + 'ādi' (beginning)
  Prefix: a-
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'padāt' and 'paramakāraṇāt', both in ablative.

पदात् (padāt) - from the state (pada) (from the state, from the position, from the abode, from the source, from the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, word, state, position, abode, ultimate reality

From root 'pad' (to go, fall)

Root: pad (class 4)

परमकारणात् (paramakāraṇāt) - from the supreme cause (from the supreme cause, from the ultimate reason)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of paramakāraṇa

paramakāraṇa - supreme cause, ultimate reason

Compound of 'parama' (supreme) + 'kāraṇa' (cause)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+kāraṇa)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective
  Superlative of 'para'
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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