योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-28

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राणां कारणानां जगत्स्थितौ ।
एतत्कारणमाद्यं तत्कारणं नास्य विद्यते ॥ २८ ॥

brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrāṇāṃ kāraṇānāṃ jagatsthitau ,
etatkāraṇamādyaṃ tatkāraṇaṃ nāsya vidyate 28

28. brahma viṣṇu indra rudrāṇām kāraṇānām jagat sthitau
etat kāraṇam ādyam tat kāraṇam na asya vidyate

28. jagat sthitau kāraṇānām brahma viṣṇu indra rudrāṇām etat ādyam kāraṇam.
asya tat kāraṇam na vidyate.

28. This (ultimate reality) is the primordial cause for Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Rudra, who are themselves the causes for the world's (jagat) maintenance. There is no cause for this (ultimate reality).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राणाम् (brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrāṇām) - of Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Rudra (the deities) (of Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Rudra)

• कारणानाम् (kāraṇānām) - of the causes (for the world's maintenance) (of the causes)

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

• स्थितौ (sthitau) - in the maintenance (in the standing, in the state, in the existence, in the maintenance)

• एतत् (etat) - this (ultimate reality) (this, this one)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

• आद्यम् (ādyam) - the primordial (primordial, primary, first)

• तत् (tat) - that (cause) (that, it)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause (cause, reason)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्य (asya) - for this (primordial cause) (of this, for this)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राणाम् (brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrāṇām) - of Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Rudra (the deities) (of Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Rudra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmaviṣṇvindrarudra

brahmaviṣṇvindrarudra - Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, Rudra (as a group)

Dvandva compound of names of deities.

Compound type : dvandva (brahma+viṣṇu+indra+rudra)

• brahma – the deity Brahma, creator god
  proper noun (masculine)
• viṣṇu – the deity Vishnu, preserver god
  proper noun (masculine)
• indra – the deity Indra, king of gods
  proper noun (masculine)
• rudra – the deity Rudra, fierce god, Shiva
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the collective of these four deities.

कारणानाम् (kāraṇānām) - of the causes (for the world's maintenance) (of the causes)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From `√kṛ` (to do, make) + `ana` (suffix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies `brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrāṇām`.

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

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what is moving, living beings

Present active participle of `√gam` (to go), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: First part of a Tatpurusha compound `jagatsthitau`.

स्थितौ (sthitau) - in the maintenance (in the standing, in the state, in the existence, in the maintenance)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, existence, stability, maintenance

From `√sthā` (to stand, remain) + `ti` (suffix).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Second part of a Tatpurusha compound `jagatsthitau`.

एतत् (etat) - this (ultimate reality) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From `√kṛ` (to do, make) + `ana` (suffix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for `etat`.

आद्यम् (ādyam) - the primordial (primordial, primary, first)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, primordial, chief, initial

From `ādi` (beginning) + `ya` (suffix).

Note: Adjective modifying `kāraṇam`.

तत् (tat) - that (cause) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to a 'cause' for the ultimate reality.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause (cause, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From `√kṛ` (to do, make) + `ana` (suffix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of `vidyate`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates `vidyate`.

अस्य (asya) - for this (primordial cause) (of this, for this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to `etat kāraṇam ādyam`.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle voice. From `√vid` (to be, exist).

Root: vid (class 4)