योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-124, verse-4

कार्यकारणभावोऽयमीदृशो जन्मकर्मणोः ।
अकारणमुपायान्ति सर्वे जीवा परात्पदात् ॥ ४ ॥

kāryakāraṇabhāvo'yamīdṛśo janmakarmaṇoḥ ,
akāraṇamupāyānti sarve jīvā parātpadāt 4

4. kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ ayam īdṛśaḥ janmakarmaṇoḥ
akāraṇam upāyānti sarve jīvāḥ parāt padāt

4. janmakarmaṇoḥ ayam kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ īdṛśaḥ
sarve jīvāḥ parāt padāt akāraṇam upāyānti

4. Such is this cause-and-effect relationship between birth and action (karma). All living beings approach without [external] cause, from the supreme abode.

Words meanings summery:

• कार्यकारणभावः (kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ) - the cause-and-effect relationship (the state of being cause and effect, causality)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine nominative singular))

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such (such, of this kind)

• जन्मकर्मणोः (janmakarmaṇoḥ) - of birth and action (karma)

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without [external] cause (without cause, causeless, not a cause)

• उपायान्ति (upāyānti) - they approach / come (they approach, they come near)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all (masculine nominative plural))

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings (living beings, souls, individuals)

• परात् (parāt) - from the supreme (from the supreme, from the higher)

• पदात् (padāt) - from the abode (from the abode, from the state, from the step)

Words meanings and morphology

कार्यकारणभावः (kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ) - the cause-and-effect relationship (the state of being cause and effect, causality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāryakāraṇabhāva

kāryakāraṇabhāva - causality, the state of being cause and effect

Compound type : tatpurusha (kārya+kāraṇa+bhāva)

• kārya – effect, to be done, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhāva – state of being, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, similar

Note: Agrees with kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ.

जन्मकर्मणोः (janmakarmaṇoḥ) - of birth and action (karma)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of janmakarman

janmakarman - birth and action

Compound type : dvandva (janman+karman)

• janman – birth, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• karman – action, deed, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The dual genitive case refers to 'of birth and of action'.

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without [external] cause (without cause, causeless, not a cause)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - causeless, without cause, groundless

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can function adverbially or as an adjective for an implied neuter noun. Here, it describes the manner of coming.

उपायान्ति (upāyānti) - they approach / come (they approach, they come near)

(verb)

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

Present Active

3rd person plural present active

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: The root is yā (to go) with prefixes upa (near) and ā (towards).

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all (masculine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with jīvāḥ.

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings (living beings, souls, individuals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, individual, life

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of upāyānti.

परात् (parāt) - from the supreme (from the supreme, from the higher)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Adjective for padāt.

पदात् (padāt) - from the abode (from the abode, from the state, from the step)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, state, position, abode, word