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

देशकालवशात्सर्वे हेतुमन्तः प्रमाणगाः ।
अकर्तृब्रह्मविषयः प्रमा कारणयोः कथम् ॥ ६ ॥

deśakālavaśātsarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ ,
akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ pramā kāraṇayoḥ katham 6

6. deśakālavaśāt sarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ |
akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ pramā kāraṇayoḥ katham ||

6. deśakālavaśāt sarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ (bhavanti)
akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ kāraṇayoḥ pramā katham (bhavet)

6. All phenomena, being subject to space and time, are inherently caused and verifiable through valid means of knowledge (pramāṇa). How then can valid knowledge (pramā) concerning cause and effect apply to (brahman), which is non-agentive?

Words meanings summery:

• देशकालवशात् (deśakālavaśāt) - due to the influence of space and time

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• हेतुमन्तः (hetumantaḥ) - having causes, caused, conditional

• प्रमाणगाः (pramāṇagāḥ) - accessible by valid means of knowledge, verifiable

• अकर्तृब्रह्मविषयः (akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ) - regarding (brahman) which is non-agentive (whose object is the non-agentive (brahman), pertaining to the non-agentive (brahman))

• प्रमा (pramā) - valid knowledge, true cognition

• कारणयोः (kāraṇayoḥ) - of cause and effect (implying the pair) (of the two causes (or of cause and effect))

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

देशकालवशात् (deśakālavaśāt) - due to the influence of space and time

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deśakālavaśa

deśakālavaśa - the power/sway/influence of space and time

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+kāla+vaśa)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – power, control, sway, dependence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the 'cause' of something being subject to space and time.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Functions as an adjective for implied 'things' or 'phenomena'.

हेतुमन्तः (hetumantaḥ) - having causes, caused, conditional

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hetumat

hetumat - having a cause, caused, conditional

from hetu (cause) + matup suffix (possessive)

प्रमाणगाः (pramāṇagāḥ) - accessible by valid means of knowledge, verifiable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pramāṇaga

pramāṇaga - going to means of knowledge, known by proof, verifiable

compound of pramāṇa (valid knowledge) + ga (going, attaining)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pramāṇa+ga)

• pramāṇa – means of valid knowledge, proof, authority
  noun (neuter)
  from pra (prefix) + mā (to measure, know) + ana (suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 2)
• ga – going, moving, attaining, existing in
  adjective (masculine)
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

अकर्तृब्रह्मविषयः (akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ) - regarding (brahman) which is non-agentive (whose object is the non-agentive (brahman), pertaining to the non-agentive (brahman))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akartṛbrahmaviṣaya

akartṛbrahmaviṣaya - relating to the non-agentive (brahman), having the non-agentive (brahman) as its object

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akartṛ+brahman+viṣaya)

• akartṛ – non-agent, non-doer
  adjective (masculine)
  a (negation) + kartṛ (agent)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• brahman – (brahman), the ultimate reality, the absolute
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• viṣaya – object, sphere, domain, subject-matter
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'pramā' or is the subject itself.

प्रमा (pramā) - valid knowledge, true cognition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pramā

pramā - valid knowledge, accurate perception, true cognition

from pra (prefix) + mā (to measure, know)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

कारणयोः (kāraṇayoḥ) - of cause and effect (implying the pair) (of the two causes (or of cause and effect))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument; effect (in dual)

from kṛ (to do) + ana (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Dual genitive implies 'of the two causes', contextually interpreted as cause and effect.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)