योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-47

वेद्यवेदनरूपस्य चेत्यसंचेतनस्य मे ।
अकारणं कारणतां यद्यातं तव तद्वद ॥ ४७ ॥

vedyavedanarūpasya cetyasaṃcetanasya me ,
akāraṇaṃ kāraṇatāṃ yadyātaṃ tava tadvada 47

47. vedyavedanarūpasya cetyasaṃcetanasya me
akāraṇam kāraṇatām yadi ātam tava tat vada

47. me vedyavedanarūpasya cetyasaṃcetanasya
yat akāraṇam tava kāraṇatām ātam tat vada

47. Tell me what, being without a cause, has attained the state of a cause for you, regarding my nature as both the knowable and the act of knowing, and as both the object of thought and the act of thinking.

Words meanings summery:

• वेद्यवेदनरूपस्य (vedyavedanarūpasya) - of the nature of the known and knowing, of the form of knowable and cognition

• चेत्यसंचेतनस्य (cetyasaṁcetanasya) - of the perceived and perceiving, of the object of thought and thinking

• मे (me) - my, of me

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - uncaused, non-cause, without cause

• कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - causality, the state of being a cause

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• आतम् (ātam) - attained, arrived, become

• तव (tava) - your, for you

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

Words meanings and morphology

वेद्यवेदनरूपस्य (vedyavedanarūpasya) - of the nature of the known and knowing, of the form of knowable and cognition

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vedyavedanarūpa

vedyavedanarūpa - of the nature of the known and knowing

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vedya+vedana+rūpa)

• vedya – to be known, knowable, understood
  adjective
  Gerundive
  Derived from root vid (to know) with suffix -ya.
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedana – knowing, cognition, perception
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, essence
  noun (neuter)

चेत्यसंचेतनस्य (cetyasaṁcetanasya) - of the perceived and perceiving, of the object of thought and thinking

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetyasaṃcetana

cetyasaṁcetana - of the perceived and perceiving

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (cetya+saṃcetana)

• cetya – to be thought, perceptible, object of thought
  adjective
  Gerundive
  Derived from root cit (to perceive, think) with suffix -ya.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• saṃcetana – perceiving, thinking, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root cit with prefix saṃ.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: cit (class 1)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - uncaused, non-cause, without cause

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, uncaused, effectless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

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

कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - causality, the state of being a cause

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāraṇatā

kāraṇatā - causality, the state or nature of a cause

Derived from kāraṇa with suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix).

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

आतम् (ātam) - attained, arrived, become

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ā-i

ā-i - to come, approach, attain

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root i (to go) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Imperative (loṭ)

Imperative mood, second person singular active of root vad.

Root: vad (class 1)

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