योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-30

सत्यकारणका भावाः के ते श्रृणु महामते ।
कारणं किं स्वभावानां किमिहाकाशकारणम् ॥ ३० ॥

satyakāraṇakā bhāvāḥ ke te śrṛṇu mahāmate ,
kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svabhāvānāṃ kimihākāśakāraṇam 30

30. satya-kāraṇakāḥ bhāvāḥ ke te śṛṇu mahā-mate
kāraṇam kim sva-bhāvānām kim iha ākāśa-kāraṇam

30. mahā-mate śṛṇu te bhāvāḥ satya-kāraṇakāḥ ke
sva-bhāvānām kāraṇam kim iha ākāśa-kāraṇam kim

30. O great-minded one, listen: What are these entities whose cause is truth? What is the cause of innate natures? And what, in this context, is the cause of space (ākāśa)?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्य-कारणकाः (satya-kāraṇakāḥ) - having truth as their cause

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, existences, states of being

• के (ke) - what (masc. plural nom.)

• ते (te) - those [entities] (those, they (masc. plural nom.))

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O great intellect

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• किम् (kim) - what?

• स्व-भावानाम् (sva-bhāvānām) - of innate natures

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• आकाश-कारणम् (ākāśa-kāraṇam) - the cause of space (ākāśa)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्य-कारणकाः (satya-kāraṇakāḥ) - having truth as their cause

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satya-kāraṇaka

satya-kāraṇaka - having truth as a cause, whose cause is truth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+kāraṇa)

• satya – truth, reality
  noun (neuter)
  From `sat` (being) + `ya` (suffix)
  Root: as (class 2)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do) + `ana` (suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities, existences, states of being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, entity, nature, emotion

From root `bhū` (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

के (ke) - what (masc. plural nom.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, which

ते (te) - those [entities] (those, they (masc. plural nom.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to the `bhāvāḥ` just mentioned.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

imperative

second person singular imperative

Root: śru (class 5)

महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O great intellect

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-mati

mahā-mati - great mind, great intellect, highly intelligent person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  From root `man` (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: A compound noun, inflected as masculine 'i' stem.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From root `kṛ` (to do) + `ana` (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

स्व-भावानाम् (sva-bhāvānām) - of innate natures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sva-bhāva

sva-bhāva - own nature, innate disposition, intrinsic nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, entity, nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bhū` (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

आकाश-कारणम् (ākāśa-kāraṇam) - the cause of space (ākāśa)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-kāraṇa

ākāśa-kāraṇa - cause of space

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+kāraṇa)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do) + `ana` (suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)