योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-100, verse-5

बीजमेव न यस्यास्ति तत्कथं वद जायते ।
अप्रतर्क्यमनाख्यं च यत्तस्य क्वेव बीजता ॥ ५ ॥

bījameva na yasyāsti tatkathaṃ vada jāyate ,
apratarkyamanākhyaṃ ca yattasya kveva bījatā 5

5. bījam eva na yasya asti tat katham vada jāyate |
apratarkyam anākhyam ca yat tasya kva eva bījatā ||

5. yasya bījam eva na asti,
tat katham jāyate vada apratarkyam anākhyam ca yat tasya bījatā kva eva

5. Tell me, how can that which absolutely has no seed (bīja) itself be born? And for that which is inconceivable and unnameable, where indeed could its seed-nature (bījatā) possibly reside?

Words meanings summery:

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, germ

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• न (na) - not, no

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वद (vada) - speak, tell

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, arises

• अप्रतर्क्यम् (apratarkyam) - inconceivable, beyond reasoning

• अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - unnameable, indescribable

• च (ca) - and

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• क्व (kva) - where, anywhere

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

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

Words meanings and morphology

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, germ

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, element, cause

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Relative pronoun

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

2nd class, Parasmaipada, Present Tense

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative Active

1st class, Parasmaipada, Imperative Mood

Root: vad (class 1)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, arises

(verb)

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

Present Middle

4th class, Ātmanepada, Present Tense

Root: jan (class 4)

अप्रतर्क्यम् (apratarkyam) - inconceivable, beyond reasoning

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apratarkya

apratarkya - inconceivable, imponderable, not to be reasoned about

Gerundive (negated)

a (negation) + prati (prefix) + tark (to reason) + ya (suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratarkya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• pratarkya – conceivable, to be reasoned about
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Future Passive Participle
  from prati (prefix) + tark (to reason) + ya (suffix)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: tark (class 10)

Note: Used here as an adjective for the implicit subject.

अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - unnameable, indescribable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anākhya

anākhya - unnameable, indescribable, inexpressible

Gerundive (negated)

a (negation) + ākhyā (to name/speak) + ya (suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ākhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• ākhya – nameable, to be spoken of
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Future Passive Participle
  from ā (prefix) + khyā (to name) + ya (suffix)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Used here as an adjective for the implicit subject.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Relative pronoun

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, coreferential with 'yat'.

क्व (kva) - where, anywhere

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

बीजता (bījatā) - seed-nature, state of being a seed

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bījatā

bījatā - state of being a seed, seed-nature, causality

from bīja (seed) + tā (suffix forming feminine noun)