योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-10

किं कस्य कारणं केन किमर्थं भवतु क्व वा ।
किं कस्य कारणं केन किमर्थं मास्तु वा क्वचित् ॥ १० ॥

kiṃ kasya kāraṇaṃ kena kimarthaṃ bhavatu kva vā ,
kiṃ kasya kāraṇaṃ kena kimarthaṃ māstu vā kvacit 10

10. kim kasya kāraṇam kena kimartham bhavatu kva vā
kim kasya kāraṇam kena kimartham mā astu vā kvacit

10. kim kasya kāraṇam kena kimartham vā kva bhavatu
kim kasya kāraṇam kena kimartham vā kvacit mā astu

10. What could be the cause of what, by what means, for what purpose, or where could it exist? What could be the cause of what, by what means, for what purpose, or may it not exist anywhere?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• केन (kena) - by what, by which (instrumental)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be, let it exist

• क्व (kva) - where

• वा (vā) - or, either

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• केन (kena) - by what, by which (instrumental)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be, let it exist

• वा (vā) - or, either

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, in some place

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

from root kṛ (to do, make) + ana suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

केन (kena) - by what, by which (instrumental)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

from kim + artha

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be, may it be, let it exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

root verb

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb of place

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

conjunction

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

from root kṛ (to do, make) + ana suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

केन (kena) - by what, by which (instrumental)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

interrogative pronoun

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

from kim + artha

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

negative particle used with injunctive/imperative

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be, let it exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

root verb

Root: as (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

conjunction

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

from kva + cit (indefinite particle)

Compound type : compound (kva+cit)

• kva – where
  indeclinable
• cit – any, some (indefinite particle)
  indeclinable