योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-23

अथाकारादि यन्नाम कल्प्यते कारणं विदः ।
तदकारणकं सर्गः स्यादनन्यन्न वै चितेः ॥ २३ ॥

athākārādi yannāma kalpyate kāraṇaṃ vidaḥ ,
tadakāraṇakaṃ sargaḥ syādananyanna vai citeḥ 23

23. atha ākāra-ādi yat nāma kalpyate kāraṇam vidaḥ |
tat akāraṇakam sargaḥ syāt ananyaḥ na vai citeḥ ||

23. atha yat ākāra-ādi nāma vidaḥ kāraṇam kalpyate tat
sargaḥ akāraṇakam syāt ca vai citeḥ ananyaḥ na (syāt)

23. Now, whatever name, starting with form, is imagined by the wise as a cause—that creation (sarga) would be uncaused (akāraṇakam), and indeed, it would not be distinct (ananya) from consciousness (citi).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now (introducing a new topic or argument) (now, then, moreover, therefore)

• आकार-आदि (ākāra-ādi) - starting with form (e.g., form and other attributes) (beginning with form, and so on)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

• नाम (nāma) - name (as a category of perception) (name, appellation)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is supposed, is fabricated)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - as a cause (cause, reason, instrument)

• विदः (vidaḥ) - by the wise (persons) (of the wise, by the wise (person))

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the creation arising from the imagined cause) (that, it)

• अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - uncaused (uncaused, without cause, causeless)

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, the manifested world (creation, emanation, world)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be (would be, might be, should be)

• अनन्यः (ananyaḥ) - not distinct, non-different (ananya) (not other, non-different, identical)

• न (na) - not, no

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily (emphatic particle))

• चितेः (citeḥ) - from consciousness (citi) (from consciousness, of consciousness)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now (introducing a new topic or argument) (now, then, moreover, therefore)

(indeclinable)

आकार-आदि (ākāra-ādi) - starting with form (e.g., form and other attributes) (beginning with form, and so on)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāra-ādi

ākāra-ādi - beginning with form, and so on, etc.

Bahuvrīhi compound: ākāra (form) + ādi (beginning)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākāra+ādi)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, gesture
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + kṛ (to do, make)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ādi – beginning, first, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here, it functions as an adjective agreeing with 'nāma'.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

नाम (nāma) - name (as a category of perception) (name, appellation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined (is imagined, is supposed, is fabricated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kḷp

Present Passive Indicative

3rd person singular present passive indicative of root kḷp (to imagine, prepare, create)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - as a cause (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root kṛ (to do) + lyuṭ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Functions as a predicative nominative with 'kalpyate'.

विदः (vidaḥ) - by the wise (persons) (of the wise, by the wise (person))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vid

vid - knowing, wise, learned person

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the creation arising from the imagined cause) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - uncaused (uncaused, without cause, causeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇaka

akāraṇaka - uncaused, without cause, causeless

Negative compound of kāraṇaka

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇaka)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• kāraṇaka – having a cause
  adjective (neuter)
  From kāraṇa (cause) + ka (suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a predicative adjective for 'sargaḥ', here in neuter singular.

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, the manifested world (creation, emanation, world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, world

From sṛj (to create) + ghañ

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (would be, might be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Optative Active

3rd person singular optative active of root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

अनन्यः (ananyaḥ) - not distinct, non-different (ananya) (not other, non-different, identical)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ananya

ananya - not other, non-different, identical, unique

Negative compound of anya (other)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+anya)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• anya – other, different
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sargaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

चितेः (citeḥ) - from consciousness (citi) (from consciousness, of consciousness)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

From root cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

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