योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-59

भावानां विविधाख्यानामनाख्यं कारणं कुतः ।
कुतो वस्तुन्यवस्तुत्वं व्योमन्यव्योमता कुतः ॥ ५९ ॥

bhāvānāṃ vividhākhyānāmanākhyaṃ kāraṇaṃ kutaḥ ,
kuto vastunyavastutvaṃ vyomanyavyomatā kutaḥ 59

59. bhāvānām vividhākhyānām anākhyam kāraṇam kutaḥ
kutaḥ vastuni avastutvam vyomani avyomatā kutaḥ

59. vividhākhyānām bhāvānām anākhyam kāraṇam kutaḥ
vastuni avastutvam kutaḥ vyomani avyomatā kutaḥ

59. How can there be an unnamable cause for phenomena (bhāvāḥ) that are known by various names? From where could an existent thing possess non-existence? And how could the sky (vyoman) itself possess non-sky-ness?

Words meanings summery:

• भावानाम् (bhāvānām) - of the existences, of the phenomena

• विविधाख्यानाम् (vividhākhyānām) - of those having various names, of the variously named

• अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - unnamed, unnamable, indescribable

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

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

• वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in the existent thing, in the reality

• अवस्तुत्वम् (avastutvam) - non-existence, unreality, non-thingness

• व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

• अव्योमता (avyomatā) - non-sky-ness, non-etherness

Words meanings and morphology

भावानाम् (bhāvānām) - of the existences, of the phenomena

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - existence, state, being, phenomena, feeling

Root: bhū (class 1)

विविधाख्यानाम् (vividhākhyānām) - of those having various names, of the variously named

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vividhākhya

vividhākhya - having various names, variously named

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+ākhya)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective (masculine)
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root khyā with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvānām'.

अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - unnamed, unnamable, indescribable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anākhya

anākhya - unnamed, unnamable, indescribable

Compound with negative prefix an-

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ākhya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root khyā with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kāraṇam'.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

indeclinable formed with -tas suffix from kim

Note: Used in rhetorical questions.

वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in the existent thing, in the reality

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - thing, object, reality, existent thing

अवस्तुत्वम् (avastutvam) - non-existence, unreality, non-thingness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avastutva

avastutva - non-existence, unreality, non-thingness

Derived with suffix -tva from avastu (non-existent thing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vastu – thing, object, reality, existent thing
  noun (neuter)

व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

अव्योमता (avyomatā) - non-sky-ness, non-etherness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avyomatā

avyomatā - non-sky-ness, non-etherness

Derived with suffix -tā from avyoman (non-sky)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyoman)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)