योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-9

ब्रह्मणः प्रतिभातं यत्तदिदं जगदुच्यते ।
तेनैव कुत एतानि पृथ्व्यादीनि क्व कारणम् ॥ ९ ॥

brahmaṇaḥ pratibhātaṃ yattadidaṃ jagaducyate ,
tenaiva kuta etāni pṛthvyādīni kva kāraṇam 9

9. brahmaṇaḥ pratibhātam yat tat idam jagat ucyate
tena eva kutaḥ etāni pṛthvyādīni kva kāraṇam

9. yat brahmaṇaḥ pratibhātam tat idam jagat ucyate
tena eva etāni pṛthvyādīni kutaḥ kāraṇam kva

9. That which appears forth from Brahman (brahman) is indeed called this world (jagat). If that is the case, then by that very Brahman alone, from where do these earth and other elements (pṛthvyādi) arise? Where, then, is any other cause?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman, from Brahman

• प्रतिभातम् (pratibhātam) - appeared, shone forth, manifested

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

• तेन (tena) - by that, through that

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, why

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• पृथ्व्यादीनि (pṛthvyādīni) - these earth and other elements (earth and others, beginning with earth)

• क्व (kva) - where (is any other)? (where, how)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman, from Brahman

(noun)

neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, universal spirit

प्रतिभातम् (pratibhātam) - appeared, shone forth, manifested

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pratibhāta

pratibhāta - appeared, shone forth, manifested, occurred to the mind

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhā (to shine, appear) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, all that moves

From root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that, through that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, why

(indeclinable)

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

पृथ्व्यादीनि (pṛthvyādīni) - these earth and other elements (earth and others, beginning with earth)

(noun)

neuter, plural 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)

क्व (kva) - where (is any other)? (where, how)

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)