योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-24

या या यत्र यथोदेति कल्पनाल्पाथवाधिका ।
सा सा तत्र तथैवास्ते सहेतुकमहेतुकम् ॥ २४ ॥

yā yā yatra yathodeti kalpanālpāthavādhikā ,
sā sā tatra tathaivāste sahetukamahetukam 24

24. yā yā yatra yathā udeti kalpanā alpā athavā adhikā
sā sā tatra tathā eva āste sahetukam ahetukam

24. yatra yathā yā yā alpā athavā adhikā kalpanā udeti,
sā sā tatra tathā eva sahetukam ahetukam āste.

24. Whatever imagination (kalpanā), whether slight or significant, manifests in any place and in any manner, that very imagination (kalpanā) remains there precisely in that way, whether it has a cause or is causeless.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

• या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, manifests

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental creation, fabrication

• अल्पा (alpā) - small, slight, little

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

• अधिका (adhikā) - great, excessive, more, significant

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, exists, is, sits

• सहेतुकम् (sahetukam) - with cause, having a cause

• अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without cause, causeless

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ya

ya - which, who, what

Relative pronoun.

या (yā) - which, whatever (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ya

ya - which, who, what

Relative pronoun.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Derived from relative pronoun ya.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Derived from relative pronoun ya.

उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, manifests

(verb)

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

Present active

From ud- (up) + √i (to go). Class 2 P. (eti).

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental creation, fabrication

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, conception, mental creation, arrangement

From root √kḷp (to be arranged, to imagine).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

अल्पा (alpā) - small, slight, little

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, few, insignificant

Note: Qualifies `kalpanā`.

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

Compound of atha and vā.

अधिका (adhikā) - great, excessive, more, significant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adhika

adhika - excessive, abundant, superior, more

From adhi- (above, over) + √ka (often treated as primary adjective without direct root connection in this sense).

Note: Qualifies `kalpanā`.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `kalpanā`.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `kalpanā`.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative pronoun tad.

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative pronoun tad.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

आस्ते (āste) - remains, exists, is, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present middle

Class 2 A. (āste).

Root: ās (class 2)

सहेतुकम् (sahetukam) - with cause, having a cause

(indeclinable)

Compound of sa (with) and hetu (cause) + -ka suffix.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+hetu)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix/preposition.
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)

अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without cause, causeless

(indeclinable)

Compound of a- (negation) and hetu (cause) + -ka suffix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hetu)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)