योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-33

पिण्डग्रहे देहलाभे मृतानां किं च कारणम् ।
एवमेव प्रवर्तन्ते सर्गाः प्रथमतोऽखिलाः ॥ ३३ ॥

piṇḍagrahe dehalābhe mṛtānāṃ kiṃ ca kāraṇam ,
evameva pravartante sargāḥ prathamato'khilāḥ 33

33. piṇḍa-grahe deha-lābhe mṛtānām kim ca kāraṇam
evam eva pravartante sargāḥ prathamataḥ akhilāḥ

33. ca mṛtānām piṇḍa-grahe deha-lābhe kāraṇam kim
evam eva akhilāḥ sargāḥ prathamataḥ pravartante

33. What is the cause for the dead to grasp a physical form or acquire a body? Indeed, in this very manner, all creations (sarga) proceed from the very beginning.

Words meanings summery:

• पिण्ड-ग्रहे (piṇḍa-grahe) - in the grasping of a physical form/mass, in acquiring a body

• देह-लाभे (deha-lābhe) - in the attainment of a body

• मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - of the dead ones

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they begin, they function

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations

• प्रथमतः (prathamataḥ) - from the beginning, at first

• अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire, complete

Words meanings and morphology

पिण्ड-ग्रहे (piṇḍa-grahe) - in the grasping of a physical form/mass, in acquiring a body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of piṇḍa-graha

piṇḍa-graha - grasping a lump/body/form, acquiring a physical mass

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piṇḍa+graha)

• piṇḍa – lump, ball, body, physical form, fetus
  noun (masculine)
• graha – grasping, seizing, acquiring, taking
  noun (masculine)
  From root `grah` (to seize)
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Paired with `deha-lābhe` to refer to acquiring a body.

देह-लाभे (deha-lābhe) - in the attainment of a body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha-lābha

deha-lābha - attainment of a body, acquiring a body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+lābha)

• deha – body, physical frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, attainment, profit
  noun (masculine)
  From root `labh` (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Paired with `piṇḍa-grahe`.

मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - of the dead ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, a dead person

Past Passive Participle

From root `mṛ` (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Modifies the implied agent of `piṇḍa-grahe` and `deha-lābhe`.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `piṇḍa-grahe` and `deha-lābhe`.

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)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they begin, they function

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

present

third person plural present middle

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The subject is `sargāḥ`.

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, discharge, series, chapter

From root `sṛj` (to emit/create) + `a` (suffix)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject of `pravartante`.

प्रथमतः (prathamataḥ) - from the beginning, at first

(indeclinable)

Formed from `prathama` (first) + `tas` (adverbial suffix)

अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akhila

akhila - all, entire, whole, complete

From `a` (negation) + `khila` (gap, deficiency)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• khila – gap, deficiency, waste land
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `sargāḥ`.