योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-8

पृथ्व्यादि संभवति चेत्तत्सकारणमस्तु तत् ।
तदेव यत्र नास्त्येव तत्र किं तस्य कारणम् ॥ ८ ॥

pṛthvyādi saṃbhavati cettatsakāraṇamastu tat ,
tadeva yatra nāstyeva tatra kiṃ tasya kāraṇam 8

8. pṛthvyādi saṃbhavati cet tat sakāraṇam astu tat
tat eva yatra na asti eva tatra kim tasya kāraṇam

8. cet pṛthvyādi saṃbhavati tat tat sakāraṇam astu
yatra tat eva na asti eva tatra kim tasya kāraṇam

8. If the earth and other elements (pṛthvyādi) come into being, then let them be with their causes. But where that very [primary] cause itself does not exist, what then could be its cause?

Words meanings summery:

• पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and other elements (earth and so on, beginning with earth)

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - arises, comes into being, happens

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• सकारणम् (sakāraṇam) - with a cause, having a cause

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तत् (tat) - that (primary cause) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• तस्य (tasya) - its, of that

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

Words meanings and morphology

पृथ्व्यादि (pṛthvyādi) - earth and other elements (earth and so on, beginning with earth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvyādi

pṛthvyādi - earth and so on, beginning with earth

Compound of pṛthvī (earth) + ādi (beginning)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - arises, comes into being, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of saṃbhū

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

सकारणम् (sakāraṇam) - with a cause, having a cause

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sakāraṇa

sakāraṇa - having a cause, with a reason

Compound of sa (with) + kāraṇa (cause)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kāraṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

तत् (tat) - that (primary cause) (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

तस्य (tasya) - its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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