योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-40, verse-26

न जन्यजनकाद्यास्ताः संभवन्त्युक्तयः परे ।
एकमेव ह्यनन्तत्वात्किं कथं जनयिष्यति ॥ २६ ॥

na janyajanakādyāstāḥ saṃbhavantyuktayaḥ pare ,
ekameva hyanantatvātkiṃ kathaṃ janayiṣyati 26

26. na janyajanakādyāḥ tāḥ saṃbhavanti uktayaḥ pare
ekam eva hi anantatvāt kim katham janayiṣyati

26. pare janyajanakādyāḥ tāḥ uktayaḥ na saṃbhavanti.
hi ekam anantatvāt eva kim katham janayiṣyati?

26. Statements like 'the produced and the producer' are not possible regarding the Supreme (brahman). For, being one and infinite, what and how could it possibly produce?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जन्यजनकाद्याः (janyajanakādyāḥ) - statements that posit a 'produced' and 'producer' relationship (beginning with 'the produced and the producer' (feminine nominative plural))

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (statements) (those (feminine nominative plural))

• संभवन्ति (saṁbhavanti) - they are possible (they are possible, they occur)

• उक्तयः (uktayaḥ) - statements, expressions (statements, expressions, sayings (feminine nominative plural))

• परे (pare) - regarding the Supreme (brahman) (in the supreme, in the other, in the higher)

• एकम् (ekam) - the one (Supreme Reality) (one, single, unique (neuter nominative singular))

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

• हि (hi) - for, because (because, for, indeed)

• अनन्तत्वात् (anantatvāt) - because of its infinite nature (due to infinity, because of endlessness)

• किम् (kim) - what? (questioning the object of production) (what? (neuter nominative singular))

• कथम् (katham) - how? (questioning the manner of production) (how? in what manner?)

• जनयिष्यति (janayiṣyati) - will produce (will produce, will cause to be born)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जन्यजनकाद्याः (janyajanakādyāḥ) - statements that posit a 'produced' and 'producer' relationship (beginning with 'the produced and the producer' (feminine nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of janyajanakādi

janyajanakādi - beginning with the produced and the producer

Compound type : bahuvrihi (janya+janaka+ādi)

• janya – to be produced, product, effect
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Root jan- (to be born) + -ya suffix (gerundive/potential passive participle)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• janaka – progenitor, producer, cause, father
  noun (masculine)
  From root jan- (to be born) + -aka (agent suffix)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an adjective for uktayaḥ.

ताः (tāḥ) - those (statements) (those (feminine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to uktayaḥ.

संभवन्ति (saṁbhavanti) - they are possible (they are possible, they occur)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhū

Present Active Indicative

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

उक्तयः (uktayaḥ) - statements, expressions (statements, expressions, sayings (feminine nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ukti

ukti - speech, saying, expression, statement

From root vac (to speak) + ktin suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The subject of saṃbhavanti.

परे (pare) - regarding the Supreme (brahman) (in the supreme, in the other, in the higher)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, other, higher

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality (brahman).

एकम् (ekam) - the one (Supreme Reality) (one, single, unique (neuter nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Refers to brahman.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes ekam.

हि (hi) - for, because (because, for, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the reason for the previous statement.

अनन्तत्वात् (anantatvāt) - because of its infinite nature (due to infinity, because of endlessness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anantatva

anantatva - infinity, endlessness

From 'ananta' (infinite) + suffix -tva (abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ananta+tva)

• ananta – infinite, endless, Vishnu/Shesha
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation 'a' + 'anta' (end)
• tva – suffix for abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

किम् (kim) - what? (questioning the object of production) (what? (neuter nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who? what? which?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

कथम् (katham) - how? (questioning the manner of production) (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

जनयिष्यति (janayiṣyati) - will produce (will produce, will cause to be born)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of jan

Future Active Indicative

Causative stem janay + Future suffix iṣya

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The subject is ekam (implied).