योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-96, verse-31

तस्मान्न जायते किंचित्परस्माद्ब्रह्मणो मुने ।
कथं किं लभ्यते केन यथोर्म्यादि सकारणम् ॥ ३१ ॥

tasmānna jāyate kiṃcitparasmādbrahmaṇo mune ,
kathaṃ kiṃ labhyate kena yathormyādi sakāraṇam 31

31. tasmāt na jāyate kiñcit parasmāt brahmaṇaḥ mune
katham kim labhyate kena yathā ūrmyādi sakāraṇam

31. mune,
tasmāt parasmāt brahmaṇaḥ kiñcit na jāyate.
ke na katham kim labhyate? yathā ūrmyādi sakāraṇam.

31. O sage, from that Supreme (brahman), nothing whatsoever is born. How can anything be obtained by anyone? [Indeed,] just as waves and the like are (inherently) united with their cause (i.e., water).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, happens

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, whatsoever, something

• परस्मात् (parasmāt) - from the supreme, from the higher

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from the Supreme (brahman) (from the Absolute, of the Absolute)

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• ऊर्म्यादि (ūrmyādi) - waves and the like, beginning with waves

• सकारणम् (sakāraṇam) - inherently united with its cause (having a cause, with its cause)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be masculine ablative.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root of Class 4, Middle voice.

Root: jan (class 4)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, whatsoever, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, whatsoever

परस्मात् (parasmāt) - from the supreme, from the higher

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, other, distant

Note: Modifies 'brahmaṇaḥ'.

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from the Supreme (brahman) (from the Absolute, of the Absolute)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word, prayer, knowledge

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one, seer

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Root of Class 1, Middle voice. Used here in passive sense.

Root: labh (class 1)

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Can also be neuter instrumental.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

ऊर्म्यादि (ūrmyādi) - waves and the like, beginning with waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrmyādi

ūrmyādi - waves and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ūrmi+ādi)

• ūrmi – wave, billow, surge
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Often treated as collective neuter singular.

सकारणम् (sakāraṇam) - inherently united with its cause (having a cause, with its cause)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sakāraṇa

sakāraṇa - having a cause, with a cause

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kāraṇa)

• sa – with, together with, possessing
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment or possession.
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun from root 'kṛ' (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)