योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-40

कल्प्यते कारणं यत्र तत्र कारणसारता ।
न कल्प्यते विदा यत्र कारणं तदकारणम् ॥ ४० ॥

kalpyate kāraṇaṃ yatra tatra kāraṇasāratā ,
na kalpyate vidā yatra kāraṇaṃ tadakāraṇam 40

40. kalpyate kāraṇam yatra tatra kāraṇasāratā
na kalpyate vidā yatra kāraṇam tat akāraṇam

40. yatra kāraṇam kalpyate tatra kāraṇasāratā
yatra vidā kāraṇam na kalpyate tat akāraṇam

40. Where a cause is posited, there exists the essence of causality. But where a cause is not posited by true knowledge (vidā), that (entity) is without cause.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is posited, is assumed, is made

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause, reason, instrument

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (case), whenever

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (case), then

• कारणसारता (kāraṇasāratā) - the essence of causality, the nature of cause

• न (na) - not, no

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is posited, is assumed, is made

• विदा (vidā) - by knowledge, by understanding, by true insight

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (case), whenever

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause, reason, instrument

• तत् (tat) - that entity for which no cause is posited (that, it)

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - causeless, without cause, uncaused

Words meanings and morphology

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is posited, is assumed, is made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kalp

Present Tense, Middle Voice (Ātmanepada), Passive

From root `kḷp` (to be ordered, arranged) in the passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Root: kḷp (class 10)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive, origin

From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + suffix `ana`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of `kalpyate`.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (case), whenever

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `yad` (which, what).

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (case), then

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `tad` (that).

कारणसारता (kāraṇasāratā) - the essence of causality, the nature of cause

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāraṇasāratā

kāraṇasāratā - the essential nature of a cause, causality

Compound of `kāraṇa` (cause) and `sāratā` (essential nature, essence).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+sāratā)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + suffix `ana`.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sāratā – essentiality, essence, intrinsic nature
  noun (feminine)
  From `sāra` (essence, core) + abstract suffix `tā`.

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates `kalpyate`.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is posited, is assumed, is made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kalp

Present Tense, Middle Voice (Ātmanepada), Passive

From root `kḷp` (to be ordered, arranged) in the passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Root: kḷp (class 10)

विदा (vidā) - by knowledge, by understanding, by true insight

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vid

vid - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, true insight

Feminine noun from root `vid` (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agent of `kalpyate`.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which (case), whenever

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `yad` (which, what).

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive, origin

From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + suffix `ana`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of `na kalpyate`.

तत् (tat) - that entity for which no cause is posited (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun stem. Neuter nominative singular form.

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is'.

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - causeless, without cause, uncaused

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless, uncaused

Negative compound (`nañ-tatpuruṣa`) of `a` (not) and `kāraṇa` (cause).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + suffix `ana`.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate adjective, describing `tat`.