योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-21

कर्मणो जायते जन्तुर्बीजादिव नवाङ्कुरः ।
जन्तोः प्रजायते कर्म पुनर्बीजमिवाङ्कुरात् ॥ २१ ॥

karmaṇo jāyate janturbījādiva navāṅkuraḥ ,
jantoḥ prajāyate karma punarbījamivāṅkurāt 21

21. karmaṇaḥ jāyate jantuḥ bījāt iva navāṅkuraḥ
jantoḥ prajāyate karma punaḥ bījam iva aṅkurāt

21. jantuḥ karmaṇaḥ jāyate navāṅkuraḥ bījāt iva
karma jantoḥ punaḥ prajāyate bījam aṅkurāt iva

21. A living being (jantu) is born from action (karma), much like a new sprout emerges from a seed. In turn, action (karma) arises from the living being, just as a seed comes forth from a sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - from action, due to action

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, man

• बीजात् (bījāt) - from a seed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नवाङ्कुरः (navāṅkuraḥ) - new sprout, fresh shoot

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - from a living being, of a living being

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, arises, originates (with emphasis/prefix)

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अङ्कुरात् (aṅkurāt) - from a sprout

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - from action, due to action

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present tense, middle voice

4th class Atmanepada verb.

Root: jan (class 4)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man

Root: jan

बीजात् (bījāt) - from a seed

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नवाङ्कुरः (navāṅkuraḥ) - new sprout, fresh shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of navāṅkura

navāṅkura - new sprout, fresh shoot

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nava+aṅkura)

• nava – new, fresh
  adjective
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṅk

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - from a living being, of a living being

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man

Root: jan

Note: Also genitive singular, but ablative fits the context 'from a living being'.

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born, arises, originates (with emphasis/prefix)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-jan

present tense, middle voice

4th class Atmanepada verb with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Also accusative, but nominative fits as the subject of 'prajāyate'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause

Note: Also accusative, but nominative fits as the subject in the comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरात् (aṅkurāt) - from a sprout

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, new growth

Root: aṅk