योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-153, verse-17

पदार्थजातस्यास्य स्यात्किं नाम बत कारणम् ।
पिण्डग्रहे हेतुना तु विना कोऽप्यर्थसंभवः ॥ १७ ॥

padārthajātasyāsya syātkiṃ nāma bata kāraṇam ,
piṇḍagrahe hetunā tu vinā ko'pyarthasaṃbhavaḥ 17

17. padārthajātasya asya syāt kim nāma bata kāraṇam
piṇḍagrahe hetunā tu vinā kaḥ api arthasaṃbhavaḥ

17. bata,
asya padārthajātasya kim nāma kāraṇam syāt? tu hetunā vinā piṇḍagrahe kaḥ api arthasaṃbhavaḥ?

17. What, indeed, could be the cause of this collection of phenomena? Alas! How can there be any possibility of the existence of an object (artha) or its apprehension in a concrete form (piṇḍagraha) without a cause?

Words meanings summery:

• पदार्थजातस्य (padārthajātasya) - of the collection of objects/phenomena

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, let it be

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it were

• बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• पिण्डग्रहे (piṇḍagrahe) - in the apprehension of a mass/body, in the formation of concrete forms

• हेतुना (hetunā) - by a cause, by a reason

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अपि (api) - even, also, any (when combined with interrogatives)

• अर्थसंभवः (arthasaṁbhavaḥ) - possibility of a thing, existence of an object

Words meanings and morphology

पदार्थजातस्य (padārthajātasya) - of the collection of objects/phenomena

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of padārthajāta

padārthajāta - a class or collection of objects/categories

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+jāta)

• padārtha – meaning of a word, object, category, thing
  noun (masculine)
• jāta – born, produced, arisen; a multitude, collection
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root jan (to be born, produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here (proximate)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhilin) of as

root of the 2nd conjugation (adādi)

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which; why, how

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it were

(indeclinable)

बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

noun derived from verb root

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पिण्डग्रहे (piṇḍagrahe) - in the apprehension of a mass/body, in the formation of concrete forms

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of piṇḍagraha

piṇḍagraha - grasping or apprehension of a lump/body/concrete form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piṇḍa+graha)

• piṇḍa – lump, ball, body, concrete form
  noun (masculine)
• graha – seizing, grasping, apprehension, perception
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from verb root
  Derived from the root grah (to seize, grasp)
  Root: grah (class 9)

हेतुना (hetunā) - by a cause, by a reason

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which; why, how

अपि (api) - even, also, any (when combined with interrogatives)

(indeclinable)

अर्थसंभवः (arthasaṁbhavaḥ) - possibility of a thing, existence of an object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arthasaṃbhava

arthasaṁbhava - the possibility or existence of a thing/object

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+saṃbhava)

• artha – object, purpose, meaning, wealth, thing
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhava – existence, possibility, origin, birth
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from verb root
  Derived from the root bhū (to be) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)