योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-35

व्याध उवाच ।
अकारणं चेद्दृश्यं तत्कथमेतत्प्रसिध्यति ।
सकारणं चेद्दृश्यं तत्स्वप्ने सर्गादिधीः कुतः ॥ ३५ ॥

vyādha uvāca ,
akāraṇaṃ ceddṛśyaṃ tatkathametatprasidhyati ,
sakāraṇaṃ ceddṛśyaṃ tatsvapne sargādidhīḥ kutaḥ 35

35. vyādha uvāca | akāraṇam cet dṛśyam tat katham etat prasidhyati
| sa-kāraṇam cet dṛśyam tat svapne sargādi-dhīḥ kutaḥ

35. vyādha uvāca cet dṛśyam akāraṇam,
tat katham etat prasidhyati? cet dṛśyam sa-kāraṇam,
tat svapne sargādi-dhīḥ kutaḥ?

35. The hunter said: 'If the perceived reality is without a cause, then how can it be established as real? But if the perceived reality has a cause, then why does the idea of creation and so forth arise in a dream (where there is no external cause)?'

Words meanings summery:

• व्याध (vyādha) - hunter, fowler

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless

• चेत् (cet) - if

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the seen, the visible, the perceived object

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रसिध्यति (prasidhyati) - succeeds, is established, is proven true, exists

• स-कारणम् (sa-kāraṇam) - with cause, caused

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

• सर्गादि-धीः (sargādi-dhīḥ) - the idea/thought of creation etc.

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

Words meanings and morphology

व्याध (vyādha) - hunter, fowler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler

Root: vyadh

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense (lit)

Derived from root √vac (class 2/3)

Root: vac (class 2)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - causeless, without cause

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with dṛśyam

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the seen, the visible, the perceived object

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, perceived

gerundive (potential participle)

Derived from root √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to dṛśyam

प्रसिध्यति (prasidhyati) - succeeds, is established, is proven true, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sidh

present tense

Derived from root √sidh (class 4) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sidh (class 4)

स-कारणम् (sa-kāraṇam) - with cause, caused

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sa-kāraṇa

sa-kāraṇa - with cause, caused

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+kāraṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with dṛśyam

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap

सर्गादि-धीः (sargādi-dhīḥ) - the idea/thought of creation etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargādi-dhī

sargādi-dhī - idea/thought of creation etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sargādi+dhī)

• sargādi – creation and so forth
  noun (masculine)
• dhī – thought, idea, intellect
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyai

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)