योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अकारणकमेवेदं जगद्ब्रह्म परात्पदात् ।
यदि प्रवर्तते नाम स्वप्नसंकल्पनादिवत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
akāraṇakamevedaṃ jagadbrahma parātpadāt ,
yadi pravartate nāma svapnasaṃkalpanādivat 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca akāraṇakam eva idam jagat brahma parāt
padāt yadi pravartate nāma svapnasaṃkalpanādivat

1. Shri Rama said: "If this world, which is inherently without a cause, proceeds from Brahman, the supreme state, as if from a dream's imagination (saṃkalpa) or similar phenomena, then..."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - inherently without a cause (without a cause, causeless)

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

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

• जगत् (jagat) - this world (world, universe)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality) (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

• परात् (parāt) - from the supreme (from the supreme, from the highest)

• पदात् (padāt) - from the (supreme) state (from the state, from the abode, from the step)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds (from a source) (proceeds, originates, functions)

• नाम (nāma) - as it were, so to speak (indeed, as it were, namely)

• स्वप्नसंकल्पनादिवत् (svapnasaṁkalpanādivat) - just like from an imagination (saṃkalpa) in a dream or similar phenomena (like from a dream's conception/imagination, etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अकारणकम् (akāraṇakam) - inherently without a cause (without a cause, causeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇaka

akāraṇaka - causeless, without a cause, uncaused

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kāraṇaka)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• kāraṇaka – having a cause
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'kāraṇa' (cause) with suffix -ka.

Note: Predicative adjective for 'jagat'.

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

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

जगत् (jagat) - this world (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe, mankind

Root: gam (class 1)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality) (Brahman, the Absolute Reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: In apposition to the source implied by 'parāt padāt'.

परात् (parāt) - from the supreme (from the supreme, from the highest)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, beyond

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'padāt'.

पदात् (padāt) - from the (supreme) state (from the state, from the abode, from the step)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, position, word

Root: pad (class 4)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds (from a source) (proceeds, originates, functions)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - as it were, so to speak (indeed, as it were, namely)

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नसंकल्पनादिवत् (svapnasaṁkalpanādivat) - just like from an imagination (saṃkalpa) in a dream or similar phenomena (like from a dream's conception/imagination, etc.)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svapna+saṃkalpanā+adi+vat)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkalpanā – imagination, conception, determination, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from sam- + √kḷp (to be able, to arrange).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• adi – and so on, etc., beginning, origin
  suffix
  Used as a suffix or component meaning 'and so on'.
• vat – like, as, similar to
  suffix
  Suffix to form adverbs of comparison.