योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-38

न संभवति जीवस्य सर्गादौ कर्म कस्यचित् ।
पश्चात्स्वकर्म निर्माय भुङ्क्ते कल्पनया स चित् ॥ ३८ ॥

na saṃbhavati jīvasya sargādau karma kasyacit ,
paścātsvakarma nirmāya bhuṅkte kalpanayā sa cit 38

38. na saṃbhavati jīvasya sarga ādau karma kasyacit |
paścāt svakarma nirmāya bhuṅkte kalpanayā saḥ cit ||

38. sargādau kasyacit jīvasya karma na saṃbhavati
paścāt saḥ cit svakarma nirmāya kalpanayā bhuṅkte

38. No action (karma) is possible for any individual soul (jīva) at the beginning of creation (sarga). Afterwards, that consciousness (cit), having created its own actions (karma), enjoys (the results) through imagination.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

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

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of a living being, of an individual soul (jīva)

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emanation

• आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, first

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, of someone, of a certain one

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• स्वकर्म (svakarma) - one's own action (karma), one's own duty

• निर्माय (nirmāya) - having created, having formed, having made

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, consumes, protects

• कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - through imagination, by fancy, by mental creation

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit, thought

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃ-bhū

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative of root bhū with prefix saṃ

Prefix: saṃ

Root: bhū (class 1)

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of a living being, of an individual soul (jīva)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, individual soul, living being

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Possessive.

सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: This is an explicit sandhi undo. sargādau comes from sarga + ādau. The first part sarga is treated as a noun here.

आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, first

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, primary, etc.

Note: This is part of the external sandhi undo sarga ādau. It's a locative case.

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

From root kṛ (to do) + man suffix

Root: kṛ

Note: Also could be accusative singular. Here nominative fits context.

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, of someone, of a certain one

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which, any

Genitive singular of interrogative pronoun ka + indeclinable cit.

Note: Agrees with jīvasya.

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

From paśca + āt suffix

Note: Temporal adverb.

स्वकर्म (svakarma) - one's own action (karma), one's own duty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svakarma

svakarma - one's own action, one's own duty, one's own deed

sva (own) + karma (action)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ

Note: Object of nirmāya.

निर्माय (nirmāya) - having created, having formed, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of root mā (to measure, form) with prefix nir

Prefix: nis

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Expresses prior action to bhuṅkte.

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, consumes, protects

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular present middle indicative of root bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: The subject is saḥ cit.

कल्पनया (kalpanayā) - through imagination, by fancy, by mental creation

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagining, creating, forming, assumption, fiction

From root kḷp (to arrange, produce)

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Indicates the means by which bhuj (enjoys) happens.

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of demonstrative pronoun tad.

चित् (cit) - consciousness, spirit, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, thought, understanding

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Refers to the supreme consciousness or the jiva's inherent consciousness.