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).

23. ואם מדמיינים שצורה או גורם אחר הם הסיבה לדעת, הרי שהבריאה כולה היא ללא סיבה ואינה נפרדת מהתודעה הטהורה.

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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