योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-18

सन्त्यकारणका एव सन्ति कारणजास्तथा ।
भावाः संविद्यथा यस्मात्कल्प्यते लभ्यते तथा ॥ १८ ॥

santyakāraṇakā eva santi kāraṇajāstathā ,
bhāvāḥ saṃvidyathā yasmātkalpyate labhyate tathā 18

18. santi akāraṇakāḥ eva santi kāraṇa-jāḥ tathā bhāvāḥ
saṃvit yathā yasmāt kalpyate labhyate tathā

18. akāraṇakāḥ bhāvāḥ eva santi,
tathā (ca) kāraṇa-jāḥ (bhāvāḥ) santi.
yathā saṃvit yasmāt (sarvam) kalpyate (ca) labhyate,
tathā (sarvam asti).

18. Indeed, there exist entities that are without cause, and similarly, there exist entities that are born from causes. This is just as (pure) consciousness (saṃvit), from which (all) is imagined and also realized (or experienced).

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ति (santi) - they exist, there are

• अकारणकाः (akāraṇakāḥ) - Refers to entities that are uncaused or ultimately depend on no other cause (e.g., Brahman). (causeless, without cause)

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the certainty of existence. (indeed, only, just)

• सन्ति (santi) - they exist, there are

• कारण-जाः (kāraṇa-jāḥ) - Refers to entities that are effects and have preceding causes (e.g., the phenomenal world). (born from causes, caused, originated from causes)

• तथा (tathā) - Introduces the second part of the dual existence. (so, similarly, in that way)

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - Refers to all existing phenomena or beings. (entities, existents, states of being, things)

• संवित् (saṁvit) - Pure consciousness, often identified with Brahman in Advaita. (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

• यथा (yathā) - Introduces a comparison or analogy. (as, just as, in what manner)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - "From which" in the sense of 'from consciousness'. (from which, because, since)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - Refers to the mental construction or conceptualization of reality. (is imagined, is constructed, is conceived)

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - Refers to the direct experience or realization of reality. (is obtained, is perceived, is realized)

• तथा (tathā) - "So also" referring to the parallel with entities. (so, in that way, similarly)

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ति (santi) - they exist, there are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural.

From root `as` (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

अकारणकाः (akāraṇakāḥ) - Refers to entities that are uncaused or ultimately depend on no other cause (e.g., Brahman). (causeless, without cause)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akāraṇaka

akāraṇaka - causeless, without cause

Compound of `a-` (negative) + `kāraṇa` (cause) + `-ka` (suffix).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do) with causative and suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the certainty of existence. (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they exist, there are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural.

From root `as` (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

कारण-जाः (kāraṇa-jāḥ) - Refers to entities that are effects and have preceding causes (e.g., the phenomenal world). (born from causes, caused, originated from causes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāraṇaja

kāraṇaja - born from causes, caused

Compound of `kāraṇa` (cause) + `ja` (born from).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+ja)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do) with causative and suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ja – born, produced, arisen from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root `jan` (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `bhāvāḥ`.

तथा (tathā) - Introduces the second part of the dual existence. (so, similarly, in that way)

(indeclinable)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - Refers to all existing phenomena or beings. (entities, existents, states of being, things)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - entity, existence, state of being, nature, sentiment, feeling

From root `bhū` (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `santi`.

संवित् (saṁvit) - Pure consciousness, often identified with Brahman in Advaita. (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect

From root `vid` (to know) with prefix `sam-`.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - Introduces a comparison or analogy. (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - "From which" in the sense of 'from consciousness'. (from which, because, since)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - Refers to the mental construction or conceptualization of reality. (is imagined, is constructed, is conceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kḷp

Present passive indicative, 3rd person singular.

Passive form of root `kḷp`.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

लभ्यते (labhyate) - Refers to the direct experience or realization of reality. (is obtained, is perceived, is realized)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Present passive indicative, 3rd person singular.

Passive form of root `labh`.

Root: labh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - "So also" referring to the parallel with entities. (so, in that way, similarly)

(indeclinable)