योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-171, verse-4

महाप्रलयसंपत्तावादिसर्गः पुनः किल ।
परस्मात्कारणाभावे कुतो दृश्यस्य संभवः ॥ ४ ॥

mahāpralayasaṃpattāvādisargaḥ punaḥ kila ,
parasmātkāraṇābhāve kuto dṛśyasya saṃbhavaḥ 4

4. mahāpralayasampattau ādisargaḥ punaḥ kila
parasmāt kāraṇābhāve kutaḥ dṛśyasya sambhavaḥ

4. mahāpralayasampattau punaḥ ādisargaḥ kila?
parasmāt kāraṇa-abhāve dṛśyasya sambhavaḥ kutaḥ?

4. When the great dissolution (mahāpralaya) occurs, how can there be a new original creation? From where could the perceived world arise without a supreme cause?

Words meanings summery:

• महाप्रलयसम्पत्तौ (mahāpralayasampattau) - in the occurrence of the great dissolution

• आदिसर्गः (ādisargaḥ) - the first creation, original creation

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, on the contrary

• किल (kila) - used rhetorically, implying impossibility or doubt (indeed, surely, as it were, perhaps)

• परस्मात् (parasmāt) - from the higher, from the supreme, from another

• कारणाभावे (kāraṇābhāve) - in the absence of a cause

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

• दृश्यस्य (dṛśyasya) - of the visible, of the perceptible

• सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - origin, birth, possibility, existence

Words meanings and morphology

महाप्रलयसम्पत्तौ (mahāpralayasampattau) - in the occurrence of the great dissolution

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāpralayasampatti

mahāpralayasampatti - occurrence of the great dissolution

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahāpralaya+sampatti)

• mahāpralaya – great dissolution, universal destruction (mahāpralaya)
  noun (masculine)
• sampatti – attainment, accomplishment, occurrence, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from sam-pad + ktin
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

आदिसर्गः (ādisargaḥ) - the first creation, original creation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādisarga

ādisarga - first creation, original creation

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādi+sarga)

• ādi – beginning, first, origin
  noun (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emission, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sṛj + ghañ
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, on the contrary

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - used rhetorically, implying impossibility or doubt (indeed, surely, as it were, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

परस्मात् (parasmāt) - from the higher, from the supreme, from another

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, excellent

कारणाभावे (kāraṇābhāve) - in the absence of a cause

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāraṇābhāva

kāraṇābhāva - absence of a cause

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+abhāva)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from kṛ + lyuṭ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from a-bhū + aṇ
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

(indeclinable)

दृश्यस्य (dṛśyasya) - of the visible, of the perceptible

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, to be seen, an object of sight

Gerundive

Derived from root dṛś + yat suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - origin, birth, possibility, existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambhava

sambhava - origin, birth, production, possibility, existence

Derived from sam-bhū + ap

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

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