योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-26

आकाशादपि सूक्ष्मस्य परस्य परमात्मनः ।
सर्वाख्यानुपलम्भस्य कीदृशी बीजता कथम् ॥ २६ ॥

ākāśādapi sūkṣmasya parasya paramātmanaḥ ,
sarvākhyānupalambhasya kīdṛśī bījatā katham 26

26. ākāśāt api sūkṣmasya parasya paramātmanaḥ
sarvākhyānupalambhasya kīdṛśī bījatā katham

26. ākāśāt api sūkṣmasya parasya sarvākhyānupalambhasya
paramātmanaḥ bījatā kīdṛśī katham (bhavati)?

26. How can the Supreme Self (paramātman), which is more subtle even than space, supreme, and beyond any designation, possess the quality of 'seed-ness' (bījatā)?

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, than space, than ether

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सूक्ष्मस्य (sūkṣmasya) - of the subtle, of the minute

• परस्य (parasya) - of the supreme, of the highest

• परमात्मनः (paramātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman)

• सर्वाख्यानुपलम्भस्य (sarvākhyānupalambhasya) - of that which cannot be perceived or apprehended by any designation

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind?, how?

• बीजता (bījatā) - the state of being a seed, seed-ness

• कथम् (katham) - how?

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, than space, than ether

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuity

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सूक्ष्मस्य (sūkṣmasya) - of the subtle, of the minute

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, invisible

परस्य (parasya) - of the supreme, of the highest

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

परमात्मनः (paramātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - Supreme Self, the Universal Spirit

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

सर्वाख्यानुपलम्भस्य (sarvākhyānupalambhasya) - of that which cannot be perceived or apprehended by any designation

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvākhyānupalambha

sarvākhyānupalambha - non-apprehensible by all designations/names

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ākhyā+anupalambha)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• ākhyā – designation, name, narration, statement
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
• anupalambha – non-perception, non-apprehension, absence of perception
  noun (masculine)
  Negative compound of upalambha (perception).
  Prefixes: anu+upa
  Root: labh (class 1)

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind?, how?

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛś

kīdṛś - of what kind, what sort, how

बीजता (bījatā) - the state of being a seed, seed-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bījatā

bījatā - the state or quality of being a seed, seed-ness

Derived from bīja (seed) with suffix -tā (denoting state/quality).

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)