योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-31

पृथ्व्यादेर्घनपिण्डत्वसर्गादेः किं च कारणम् ।
किं कारणमविद्यायाः कारणं किं स्वयंभुवः ॥ ३१ ॥

pṛthvyāderghanapiṇḍatvasargādeḥ kiṃ ca kāraṇam ,
kiṃ kāraṇamavidyāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ 31

31. pṛthvī-ādeḥ ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādeḥ kim ca kāraṇam
kim kāraṇam avidyāyāḥ kāraṇam kim svayam-bhuvaḥ

31. ca pṛthvī-ādeḥ ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādeḥ kāraṇam
kim avidyāyāḥ kāraṇam kim svayam-bhuvaḥ kāraṇam kim

31. Furthermore, what is the cause of the solid forms and creation of earth and similar elements? What is the cause of ignorance (avidyā)? And what is the cause of the Self-existent One (svayambhū)?

Words meanings summery:

• पृथ्वी-आदेः (pṛthvī-ādeḥ) - of earth and so on, of earth and the like

• घन-पिण्डत्व-सर्ग-आदेः (ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādeḥ) - of the dense physical form and creation, etc. (of the denseness, solid state, creation, and so on)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and, furthermore

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• किम् (kim) - what?

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• किम् (kim) - what?

• स्वयम्-भुवः (svayam-bhuvaḥ) - of the Self-existent One (svayambhū)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथ्वी-आदेः (pṛthvī-ādeḥ) - of earth and so on, of earth and the like

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛthvī-ādi

pṛthvī-ādi - earth and beginning, earth and similar elements/entities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: `pṛthvī` is fem. but when compounded with `ādi` it takes masculine gender and form.

घन-पिण्डत्व-सर्ग-आदेः (ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādeḥ) - of the dense physical form and creation, etc. (of the denseness, solid state, creation, and so on)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādi

ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga-ādi - beginning with (including) solid state and creation, of the dense physical form and creation and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga+ādi)

• ghana-piṇḍatva-sarga – solid state and creation
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: This is a large compound, referring to the 'cause of the state of being a dense mass and creation, etc.'

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

च (ca) - and, furthermore

(indeclinable)

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

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)

अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

From `a` (negation) + `vidyā` (knowledge)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  From root `vid` (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

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

स्वयम्-भुवः (svayam-bhuvaḥ) - of the Self-existent One (svayambhū)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svayam-bhū

svayam-bhū - self-existent, self-created, uncreated being (often referring to Brahma or the Supreme Being)

From `svayam` (self) + root `bhū` (to be/become)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – oneself, by oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, becoming, existing
  adjective/noun
  agent noun/substantive
  From root `bhū` (to be/become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Declines like `bhū` (feminine 'ū' stem) but can be masculine in context, as here.