योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-45, verse-9

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राद्या जरठाः केचिदेव न ।
यस्योत्पत्तिं विजानन्ति मूलं वा वृन्तमेव च ॥ ९ ॥

brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyā jaraṭhāḥ kecideva na ,
yasyotpattiṃ vijānanti mūlaṃ vā vṛntameva ca 9

9. brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyāḥ jarathāḥ kecit eva na
yasya utpattim vijānanti mūlam vā vṛntam eva ca

9. brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyāḥ jarathāḥ kecit eva yasya utpattim,
vā mūlam,
vā vṛntam eva ca na vijānanti

9. Even prominent and ancient deities such as Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, and Rudra do not know its origin, nor its root or its stem.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राद्याः (brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyāḥ) - prominent deities such as Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, and Rudra (Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, Rudra, and others (foremost gods))

• जरथाः (jarathāḥ) - ancient (referring to the deities) (old, aged, ancient, decrepit)

• केचित् (kecit) - referring to 'certain' prominent deities (in conjunction with 'eva na' for emphasis of their ignorance) (some, certain ones)

• एव (eva) - even (emphasizing the subject) (even, indeed, only)

• न (na) - do not (not, no)

• यस्य (yasya) - its (referring to the ultimate reality described in previous verses) (whose, of which (genitive singular))

• उत्पत्तिम् (utpattim) - origin (origin, production, birth, creation)

• विजानन्ति (vijānanti) - know (know, understand, perceive)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root (root, origin, base)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• वृन्तम् (vṛntam) - stem (stalk, stem, pedicle)

• एव (eva) - even (even, indeed)

• च (ca) - or (connecting with 'vā') (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राद्याः (brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyāḥ) - prominent deities such as Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, and Rudra (Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, Rudra, and others (foremost gods))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādi

brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādi - Beginning with Brahmā, Vishṇu, Indra, Rudra; these and other principal deities

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (brahman+viṣṇu+indra+rudra+ādi)

• brahman – Brahmā (the creator god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• viṣṇu – Vishṇu (the preserver god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• rudra – Rudra (an early form of Śiva, the destroyer god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and others
  indeclinable (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'vijānanti'.

जरथाः (jarathāḥ) - ancient (referring to the deities) (old, aged, ancient, decrepit)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaratha

jaratha - old, aged, decrepit, ancient

Derived from √jṝ (to wear out, decay)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

केचित् (kecit) - referring to 'certain' prominent deities (in conjunction with 'eva na' for emphasis of their ignorance) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, some, certain (indefinite pronoun)

Compound of kim (what) + cit (indefinite particle)

Note: Agrees with the subject 'brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrādyāḥ jarathāḥ'.

एव (eva) - even (emphasizing the subject) (even, indeed, only)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - do not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - its (referring to the ultimate reality described in previous verses) (whose, of which (genitive singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

उत्पत्तिम् (utpattim) - origin (origin, production, birth, creation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of utpatti

utpatti - origin, production, birth, generation, creation

ud + √pad + ktin

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

विजानन्ति (vijānanti) - know (know, understand, perceive)

(verb)

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

vi + √jñā (to know)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

मूलम् (mūlam) - root (root, origin, base)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, base, foundation

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

वृन्तम् (vṛntam) - stem (stalk, stem, pedicle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛnta

vṛnta - stalk, stem, pedicle, calyx

एव (eva) - even (even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - or (connecting with 'vā') (and, also)

(indeclinable)