योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-46

कुम्भ उवाच ।
कारणं कारणज्ञोऽसि वेदनस्य वदाशु मे ।
ततस्त्वां बोधयिष्यामि कारणाकारणक्रमम् ॥ ४६ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
kāraṇaṃ kāraṇajño'si vedanasya vadāśu me ,
tatastvāṃ bodhayiṣyāmi kāraṇākāraṇakramam 46

46. kumbha uvāca kāraṇam kāraṇajñaḥ asi vedanasya vada
āśu me tataḥ tvām bodhayiṣyāmi kāraṇākāraṇakramam

46. kumbha uvāca kāraṇajñaḥ asi vedanasya kāraṇam me
āśu vada tataḥ tvām kāraṇākāraṇakramam bodhayiṣyāmi

46. Kumbha said: "You are the knower of causes; quickly tell me the cause of cognition. Then I will instruct you on the process of cause and non-cause."

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भ (kumbha) - Kumbha (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, motive

• कारणज्ञः (kāraṇajñaḥ) - knower of causes, expert in reasons

• असि (asi) - you are

• वेदनस्य (vedanasya) - of cognition, of knowing, of perception

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• बोधयिष्यामि (bodhayiṣyāmi) - I will make you know, I will instruct, I will enlighten

• कारणाकारणक्रमम् (kāraṇākāraṇakramam) - the sequence of cause and non-cause, the order of causes and non-causes

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भ (kumbha) - Kumbha (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - a pot, pitcher; name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect (lit)

Perfect tense, third person singular active of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, motive

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ana.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कारणज्ञः (kāraṇajñaḥ) - knower of causes, expert in reasons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāraṇajña

kāraṇajña - knower of causes, intelligent, expert

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+jña)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• jña – knowing, knower, intelligent
  adjective
  agent noun from root
  Derived from root jñā (to know) with kṛt suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present (lat)

Present tense, second person singular active of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

वेदनस्य (vedanasya) - of cognition, of knowing, of perception

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - knowing, cognition, perception, feeling

Derived from root vid (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Imperative (loṭ)

Imperative mood, second person singular active of root vad.

Root: vad (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

बोधयिष्यामि (bodhayiṣyāmi) - I will make you know, I will instruct, I will enlighten

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of budh

Future (lṛṭ), Causative

Future tense, first person singular active of the causative stem of root budh.

Root: budh (class 1)

कारणाकारणक्रमम् (kāraṇākāraṇakramam) - the sequence of cause and non-cause, the order of causes and non-causes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāraṇākāraṇakrama

kāraṇākāraṇakrama - the sequence of cause and non-cause

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+akāraṇa+krama)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• akāraṇa – non-cause, absence of cause
  noun (neuter)
• krama – sequence, order, method, course
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)