योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-42

सर्ग एव न सर्गोऽयं ब्रह्मेत्थं किल तिष्ठति ।
यत्र तत्र क्व कर्माणि कानि वा कस्य तानि वा ॥ ४२ ॥

sarga eva na sargo'yaṃ brahmetthaṃ kila tiṣṭhati ,
yatra tatra kva karmāṇi kāni vā kasya tāni vā 42

42. sargaḥ eva na sargaḥ ayam brahma ittham kila tiṣṭhati
yatra tatra kva karmāṇi kāni vā kasya tāni vā

42. ayam sargaḥ sargaḥ eva na (asti); brahma kila ittham tiṣṭhati.
yatra tatra karmāṇi kva kāni vā,
tāni vā kasya (santi)?

42. This creation (sarga) is not truly a creation (sarga) at all; rather, Brahman alone truly exists in this way. If so, then where, what, or whose are actions (karma)?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

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

• न (na) - not, no

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• किल (kila) - indeed, verily, it is said

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, exists, remains

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, in which case

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that case

• क्व (kva) - where? by what means?

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, functions

• कानि (kāni) - what? which?

• वा (vā) - or

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? of what?

• तानि (tāni) - those

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these, it

Note: Refers to 'sargaḥ'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute, sacred word, prayer, knowledge

From root bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, verily, it is said

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, exists, remains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, in which case

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that case

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where? by what means?

(indeclinable)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, functions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions (karma)

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कानि (kāni) - what? which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose? of what?

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'karmāṇi'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)