योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-13

जगद्दृश्यमिदं वास्यं तदेवोत्पन्नमेव नो ।
कारणाभावतः पूर्वमेवातश्चित्तता कुतः ॥ १३ ॥

jagaddṛśyamidaṃ vāsyaṃ tadevotpannameva no ,
kāraṇābhāvataḥ pūrvamevātaścittatā kutaḥ 13

13. jagat dṛśyam idam vāsyam tat eva utpannam eva na
u kāraṇa-abhāvataḥ pūrvam eva ataḥ cittatā kutaḥ

13. idam dṛśyam jagat vāsyam tat eva utpannam eva na u.
pūrvam eva kāraṇa-abhāvataḥ,
ataḥ cittatā kutaḥ?

13. This visible world, being merely an appearance, is itself not truly born. Since there is no prior cause for it, how then can there be any 'mind-ness' (cittatā)?

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, perceived

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वास्यम् (vāsyam) - an appearance, a manifestation (from root 'vas' to shine/appear, or 'vas' to dwell, meaning 'to be inhabited') (to be manifested, an appearance, to be resided in)

• तत् (tat) - that (world)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, itself

• उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - born, produced, arisen

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• न (na) - not

• उ (u) - used for emphasis with 'na' (na u = no, not at all) (indeed, also (part of 'no'))

• कारण-अभावतः (kāraṇa-abhāvataḥ) - from the absence of a cause

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence

• चित्तता (cittatā) - mind-ness, the state of being mind (citta)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam- (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, to be seen, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight, phenomenon

Gerundive/Passive Future Participle

Derived from root dṛś- (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

वास्यम् (vāsyam) - an appearance, a manifestation (from root 'vas' to shine/appear, or 'vas' to dwell, meaning 'to be inhabited') (to be manifested, an appearance, to be resided in)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāsya

vāsya - to be dwelt in, to be inhabited; to be expressed, to be made clear, an appearance

Gerundive/Passive Future Participle

Derived from root vas- (to dwell, to shine)

Root: vas (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, itself

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utpanna

utpanna - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad- (to go) with upasarga ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - used for emphasis with 'na' (na u = no, not at all) (indeed, also (part of 'no'))

(indeclinable)

कारण-अभावतः (kāraṇa-abhāvataḥ) - from the absence of a cause

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇa-abhāva

kāraṇa-abhāva - absence of a cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+abhāva)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

चित्तता (cittatā) - mind-ness, the state of being mind (citta)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittatā

cittatā - the state or quality of being mind (citta)

Derived from citta with suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix for 'state of')

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)