योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-97, verse-9

अनिङ्गितमनाभासमप्रतर्क्यं कथं भवेत् ।
अतो न कारणं नैव बीजं ब्रह्म कदाचन ॥ ९ ॥

aniṅgitamanābhāsamapratarkyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet ,
ato na kāraṇaṃ naiva bījaṃ brahma kadācana 9

9. aniṅgitam anābhāsam apratarkyam katham bhavet
ataḥ na kāraṇam na eva bījam brahma kadācana

9. aniṅgitam anābhāsam apratarkyam katham bhavet
ataḥ brahma kadācana na kāraṇam na eva bījam

9. How could something be unmoving, without manifestation, and beyond comprehension? Therefore, the ultimate reality (brahman) is certainly never a cause (kāraṇa) nor a seed (bīja) for anything.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिङ्गितम् (aniṅgitam) - unmoving, motionless, still, undisturbed

• अनाभासम् (anābhāsam) - without appearance, unmanifested, non-luminous, invisible

• अप्रतर्क्यम् (apratarkyam) - inconceivable, beyond reasoning, not to be conjectured

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner? why?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it could be, it should be

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• न (na) - not, no

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, primary cause

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute (brahman)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time (with negation); ever, at any time (with affirmation)

Words meanings and morphology

अनिङ्गितम् (aniṅgitam) - unmoving, motionless, still, undisturbed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aniṅgita

aniṅgita - unmoving, motionless, still, undisturbed

Negation (a-) of iṅgita (Past Passive Participle of √iṅg - to move, shake)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+iṅgita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• iṅgita – moved, shaken, stirred
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √iṅg (to move)
  Root: iṅg (class 1)

अनाभासम् (anābhāsam) - without appearance, unmanifested, non-luminous, invisible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anābhāsa

anābhāsa - without appearance, unmanifested, non-luminous, invisible

Negation (an-) of ābhāsa (appearance, manifestation)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ābhāsa)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix (variant of a- before vowels)
• ābhāsa – appearance, manifestation, splendor, light
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √bhās (to shine) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhās (class 1)

अप्रतर्क्यम् (apratarkyam) - inconceivable, beyond reasoning, not to be conjectured

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apratarkya

apratarkya - inconceivable, beyond reasoning, not to be conjectured

Negation (a-) of pratarkya (Gerundive of pra-√tark - to reason)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratarkya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• pratarkya – to be reasoned, to be conjectured
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root √tark (to reason) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: tark (class 10)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner? why?

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it could be, it should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice

Parasmaipada, Present Tense Equivalent

Root: bhū (class 1)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Derived from root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, primary cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, primary cause

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality, the absolute (brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the absolute reality, the ultimate principle, the creator god Brahmā

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: The form "brahma" can be vocative singular, or nominative/accusative singular neuter of "brahman". In this context, it's nominative singular neuter, referring to the ultimate (brahman).

कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time (with negation); ever, at any time (with affirmation)

(indeclinable)

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