योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-12

अन्यन्न संभवत्यत्र सर्गादावेव कारणम् ।
यन्नाम तदिदानीं स्यात्कथ्यतां कीदृशं कथम् ॥ १२ ॥

anyanna saṃbhavatyatra sargādāveva kāraṇam ,
yannāma tadidānīṃ syātkathyatāṃ kīdṛśaṃ katham 12

12. anyat na saṃbhavati atra sargādau eva kāraṇam
yat nāma tat idānīm syāt kathyatām kīdṛśam katham

12. atra sargādau eva anyat kāraṇam na saṃbhavati
yat nāma tat idānīm syāt kīdṛśam katham kathyatām

12. No other cause is possible here, right from creation's beginning. What, then, would its name be now? Let it be told: of what kind is it, and how does it manifest?

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, occurs, exists

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes sargādau. (indeed, just, only, precisely)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• यत् (yat) - Interrogative for nāma. (what, which)

• नाम (nāma) - Used as an emphatic particle or to ask for a name. (name, indeed, by name)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the hypothetical other cause. (that)

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

• स्यात् (syāt) - Expresses possibility or hypothetical condition. (may be, should be, would be)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told/spoken

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what nature

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to kāraṇam.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, occurs, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of saṃbhū

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular.

From root bhū (class 1) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) with suffix tra.

Note: Refers to the context of discussion.

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation

Compound of sarga and ādi.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj.
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, commencement, first
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 2)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes sargādau. (indeed, just, only, precisely)

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix ana.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - Interrogative for nāma. (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Forms a compound-like expression yat nāma.

नाम (nāma) - Used as an emphatic particle or to ask for a name. (name, indeed, by name)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, designation, appellation

Also used as an indeclinable particle.

Note: When used with yat, it acts as an emphatic interrogative or asks "what name".

तत् (tat) - Refers to the hypothetical other cause. (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) with suffix dānīm.

स्यात् (syāt) - Expresses possibility or hypothetical condition. (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative active, 3rd person singular.

From root as (class 2).

Root: as (class 2)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told/spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative passive, 3rd person singular.

From root kath (class 10, often treated as denominative from kathā).

Root: kath (class 10)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what nature

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how, of what nature

Derived from kim (what) + dṛś (to see) + suffix a.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

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