योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-55

निरस्तावयवाच्छान्तादनाख्याद्यत्प्रवर्तते ।
अकारणं भवेद्भूतं तदन्धाः कथमन्यथा ॥ ५५ ॥

nirastāvayavācchāntādanākhyādyatpravartate ,
akāraṇaṃ bhavedbhūtaṃ tadandhāḥ kathamanyathā 55

55. nirastāvayavāt śāntāt anākhyāt yat pravartate
akāraṇam bhavet bhūtam tat andhāḥ katham anyathā

55. andhāḥ yat nirastāvayavāt śāntāt anākhyāt pravartate
tat bhūtam akāraṇam katham bhavet anyathā

55. How could any existing thing be without cause, O blind ones, when it manifests from that which is partless, tranquil, and unnameable? It cannot be otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• निरस्तावयवात् (nirastāvayavāt) - from the partless, from that which has no components

• शान्तात् (śāntāt) - from the tranquil, from the peaceful

• अनाख्यात् (anākhyāt) - from the unnameable, from the indescribable

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - manifests, arises, proceeds

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, might be

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - existing thing, created entity, being

• तत् (tat) - that

• अन्धाः (andhāḥ) - O blind ones!

• कथम् (katham) - how

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in a different way

Words meanings and morphology

निरस्तावयवात् (nirastāvayavāt) - from the partless, from that which has no components

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nirastāvayava

nirastāvayava - partless, without components

Bahuvrīhi compound: one whose parts (avayava) are removed (nirasta)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirasta+avayava)

• nirasta – removed, cast off, thrown out
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √as (class 4) 'to throw', with prefix nis- (nir-)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: √as (class 4)
• avayava – part, limb, component, constituent
  noun (masculine)

शान्तात् (śāntāt) - from the tranquil, from the peaceful

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - tranquil, peaceful, calm, ceased

Past Passive Participle

From √śam (class 4) 'to be tranquil, to cease'

Root: √śam (class 4)

अनाख्यात् (anākhyāt) - from the unnameable, from the indescribable

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anākhya

anākhya - unnameable, indescribable, ineffable

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: 'not' (an) + 'nameable' (ākhya)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ākhya)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• ākhya – to be named, nameable, called
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From √khyā (class 2) 'to say, tell' with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √khyā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - manifests, arises, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pravṛt

From √vṛt (class 1) 'to be, to exist, to turn' with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, causeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - causeless, without cause, spontaneous

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: 'not' (a) + 'cause' (kāraṇa)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - existing thing, created entity, being

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - become, happened, past; a being, a creature, an element, an existing thing

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (class 1) 'to be, to become'

Root: √bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

अन्धाः (andhāḥ) - O blind ones!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of andha

andha - blind, obscure; a blind person

Used as a noun or adjective

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in a different way

(indeclinable)

Adverb