योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-25

जातमेव न तज्जातं जातं यत्कारणं विना ।
यतोऽजातं तदेवाद्य तत्समं संस्थितं तथा ॥ २५ ॥

jātameva na tajjātaṃ jātaṃ yatkāraṇaṃ vinā ,
yato'jātaṃ tadevādya tatsamaṃ saṃsthitaṃ tathā 25

25. jātam eva na tat jātam jātam yat kāraṇam vinā yataḥ
ajātam tat eva adya tat samam saṃsthitam tathā

25. yat kāraṇam vinā jātam,
tat jātam eva na.
yataḥ [hi] ajātam,
tat eva adya tat samam tathā saṃsthitam.

25. Indeed, that which appears to be born (jātam eva) without a cause (kāraṇam vinā) is not truly born (na tat jātam). Since it is unborn (ajātām), that very thing (tat eva) remains established (saṃsthitam) in that same [unborn] state (tat samam) even today (adya), thus.

Words meanings summery:

• जातम् (jātam) - that which appears to be born (born, produced, manifested)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (thing) (that, it)

• जातम् (jātam) - born (born, produced)

• जातम् (jātam) - that which appears to be born (that which is born, having arisen)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, what)

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

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

• यतः (yataḥ) - since (from which, because, since)

• अजातम् (ajātam) - that which is unborn (unborn, unproduced)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (the ultimate reality) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, just)

• अद्य (adya) - even today (today, now, at present)

• तत् समम् (tat samam) - in that same [unborn] state (equal to that, similar to that, in that state)

• संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - remains established, exists (established, existing, standing together)

• तथा (tathā) - thus (so, thus, in that way)

Words meanings and morphology

जातम् (jātam) - that which appears to be born (born, produced, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, existing

Past Passive Participle

From jan- ('to be born, produce')

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used substantively.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (thing) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जातम् (jātam) - born (born, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, existing

Past Passive Participle

From jan- ('to be born, produce')

Root: jan (class 4)

जातम् (jātam) - that which appears to be born (that which is born, having arisen)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, existing

Past Passive Participle

From jan- ('to be born, produce')

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used substantively.

यत् (yat) - which (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Derived from kṛ- ('to do, make')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governed by 'vinā'.

विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs accusative, instrumental, or ablative.

यतः (yataḥ) - since (from which, because, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative case of 'yad' used adverbially to mean 'because' or 'since'.

अजातम् (ajātam) - that which is unborn (unborn, unproduced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajāta

ajāta - unborn, not produced, not created

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Negative prefix 'a' + jāta (from jan-).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+jāta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From jan- ('to be born')
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used substantively.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (the ultimate reality) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'ajātam'.

एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अद्य (adya) - even today (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

तत् समम् (tat samam) - in that same [unborn] state (equal to that, similar to that, in that state)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat sama

tat sama - equal to that, similar to that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+sama)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• sama – same, equal, similar, unchanged
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with an implied subject (the unborn reality).

संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - remains established, exists (established, existing, standing together)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing together, placed, existing, established, abiding

Past Passive Participle

From sam-sthā- ('to stand firm, remain')

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, implying 'is established'.

तथा (tathā) - thus (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)