योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-59

कुम्भ उवाच ।
कारणेन विना कार्यं शरीराद्यस्थिपञ्जरम् ।
अविद्यमानमेवेदं विद्ध्यसंभवतो नृप ॥ ५९ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
kāraṇena vinā kāryaṃ śarīrādyasthipañjaram ,
avidyamānamevedaṃ viddhyasaṃbhavato nṛpa 59

59. kumbhaḥ uvāca kāraṇena vinā kāryam śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjaram
avidyamānam eva idam viddhi asaṃbhavataḥ nṛpa

59. kumbhaḥ uvāca nṛpa kāraṇena vinā (idam) kāryam
śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjaram avidyamānam eva asaṃbhavataḥ viddhi

59. Kumbha said: O king, understand this effect – this body, which is a cage of bones and so on, existing without a cause – to be non-existent, precisely because of its impossibility.

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कारणेन (kāraṇena) - by/with a cause, due to a cause

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - effect, something to be done

• शरीर-आदि-अस्थि-पञ्जरम् (śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjaram) - this physical body, which is essentially a cage of bones (the cage of bones, starting with the body)

• अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not being present

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इदम् (idam) - this

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - from impossibility, due to impossibility

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - Kumbha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, elephant's frontal lobe, a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active 3rd singular of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

कारणेन (kāraṇena) - by/with a cause, due to a cause

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with instrumental case.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - effect, something to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, effect, action, purpose

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

शरीर-आदि-अस्थि-पञ्जरम् (śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjaram) - this physical body, which is essentially a cage of bones (the cage of bones, starting with the body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjara

śarīra-ādi-asthi-pañjara - cage of bones, etc., beginning with the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+ādi+asthi+pañjara)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etc.
  indeclinable (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• pañjara – cage, skeleton
  noun (neuter)

Note: It qualifies 'kāryam'.

अविद्यमानम् (avidyamānam) - non-existent, not being present

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - not existing, absent

Present passive participle

From √vid (to be) with negation 'a-'

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (a+vidyamāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyamāna – existing, being present
  adjective
  Present middle participle
  Present middle participle of √vid (to be)
  Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'kāryam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'kāryam'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

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

Imperative active 2nd singular of √vid (class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - from impossibility, due to impossibility

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence

From 'saṃbhava' (possibility, existence) with negation 'a-'

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sam – with, together, completely
  upasarga
• bhava – being, existence, origin
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, one who drinks
  noun (masculine)
  From √pā (to protect, drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)