योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-11

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
दृश्ये हि संभवत्येषा कार्यकारणतात्मनि ।
तद्भावाभावसंपन्ना न तु संभवति स्मृतिः ॥ ११ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
dṛśye hi saṃbhavatyeṣā kāryakāraṇatātmani ,
tadbhāvābhāvasaṃpannā na tu saṃbhavati smṛtiḥ 11

11. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca dṛśye hi saṃbhavati eṣā kāryakāraṇatā
ātmani tatbhāvābhāvasaṃpannā na tu saṃbhavati smṛtiḥ

11. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca: hi dṛśye ātmani eṣā kāryakāraṇatā saṃbhavati.
tu tatbhāvābhāvasaṃpannā smṛtiḥ na saṃbhavati.

11. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This principle of cause and effect (kārya-kāraṇatā) indeed manifests for the individual self (ātman) within the perceived world (dṛśya). However, memory (smṛti), which is intrinsically connected to the existence and non-existence of that (perceived world), cannot truly exist.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious honorific (prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory, revered, auspicious)

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - the sage Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, best, most excellent)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vasiṣṭha said (he said, spoke)

• दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in the perceived world (dṛśya) or phenomena (in the visible, in the perceived, in the object of sight)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for, because)

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, manifests (arises, occurs, exists, is possible)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to kāryakāraṇatā) (this (feminine nominative singular))

• कार्यकारणता (kāryakāraṇatā) - the principle of cause and effect (kārya-kāraṇatā) (causality, the state of being cause and effect)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - for the individual self (ātman) (in the self, in oneself, for the soul)

• तत्भावाभावसंपन्ना (tatbhāvābhāvasaṁpannā) - characterized by the presence and absence of that (perceived world) (endowed with its existence and non-existence)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - however (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - truly exist, manifest (arises, occurs, exists, is possible)

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection, tradition, sacred tradition)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious honorific (prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory, revered, auspicious)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory, revered, auspicious; a goddess, esp. Lakṣmī

Note: Used as an honorific prefix for Vasiṣṭha.

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - the sage Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, best, most excellent)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - best, most excellent; name of a celebrated Vedic sage

Note: The speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - Vasiṣṭha said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

दृश्ये (dṛśye) - in the perceived world (dṛśya) or phenomena (in the visible, in the perceived, in the object of sight)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, to be seen; the perceived world, phenomena

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, manifests (arises, occurs, exists, is possible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of saṃbhav

Root bhū (to be) with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to kāryakāraṇatā) (this (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

कार्यकारणता (kāryakāraṇatā) - the principle of cause and effect (kārya-kāraṇatā) (causality, the state of being cause and effect)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāryakāraṇatā

kāryakāraṇatā - causality, the relation of cause and effect

From kārya (effect) + kāraṇa (cause) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+kāraṇa+tā)

• kārya – effect, to be done, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ana.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tā – state, quality, condition (abstract suffix)
  indeclinable (feminine)
  Suffix forming feminine abstract nouns.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - for the individual self (ātman) (in the self, in oneself, for the soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence

तत्भावाभावसंपन्ना (tatbhāvābhāvasaṁpannā) - characterized by the presence and absence of that (perceived world) (endowed with its existence and non-existence)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tatbhāvābhāvasaṃpannā

tatbhāvābhāvasaṁpannā - endowed with its existence and non-existence

Compound of tat (that) + bhāva (existence) + abhāva (non-existence) + saṃpanna (endowed with).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa (tat+bhāva+abhāva+saṃpanna)

• tat – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhāva – existence, state, being, nature, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Negative particle 'a' + bhāva.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• saṃpanna – endowed with, furnished with, possessing, accomplished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pad (to go, obtain) with upasarga sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies smṛtiḥ.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - however (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - truly exist, manifest (arises, occurs, exists, is possible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of saṃbhav

Root bhū (to be) with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Repeated from earlier, but contextual meaning is 'truly exist' in a negative sense.

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection, tradition, sacred tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, remembrance; sacred tradition, law codes

Derived from root smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)