योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-6

किं बीजमथ बीजस्य तस्य किं बीजमुच्यते ।
अथ तस्यापि किं बीजं बीजं तस्यापि किं भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

kiṃ bījamatha bījasya tasya kiṃ bījamucyate ,
atha tasyāpi kiṃ bījaṃ bījaṃ tasyāpi kiṃ bhavet 6

6. kim bījam atha bījasya tasya kim bījam ucyate atha
tasya api kim bījam bījam tasya api kim bhavet

6. kim bījam atha tasya bījasya kim bījam ucyate atha
tasya api kim bījam tasya api kim bījam bhavet

6. What is the seed? And then, what is said to be the seed of that (seed)? Furthermore, what is the seed of even that? What, indeed, could be the seed of even that?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, and, moreover

• बीजस्य (bījasya) - of the seed, of the origin

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, and, moreover

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

बीजस्य (bījasya) - of the seed, of the origin

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Present Passive

Derived from root √vac (to speak), 3rd person singular present passive form.

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what? which? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Derived from root √bhū (to be), 3rd person singular optative active form.

Root: bhū (class 1)