योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-47

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वरशापार्थसंवित्तौ कार्यकारणता कथम् ।
उपादानं विना कार्यं नास्त्येव किल कथ्यताम् ॥ ४७ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
varaśāpārthasaṃvittau kāryakāraṇatā katham ,
upādānaṃ vinā kāryaṃ nāstyeva kila kathyatām 47

47. śrīrāma uvāca vara śāpa artha saṃvittau kārya kāraṇatā
katham upādānam vinā kāryam na asti eva kila kathyatām

47. śrīrāma uvāca: katham vara-śāpa-artha-saṃvittau kārya-kāraṇatā [bhavati]? upādānam vinā kāryam na eva asti kila.
[tat] kathyatām.

47. Śrī Rāma said: How can there be a cause-and-effect relationship (kārya-kāraṇatā) concerning the understanding (saṃvit) of boons and curses as having real significance (artha)? For an effect (kārya) cannot exist without a material cause (upādāna). Please explain this.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वर (vara) - boon, blessing

• शाप (śāpa) - curse, imprecation

• अर्थ (artha) - true nature, significance (meaning, purpose, object, significance)

• संवित्तौ (saṁvittau) - in the understanding of the significance (in the understanding, in the knowledge)

• कार्य (kārya) - effect, work, duty

• कारणता (kāraṇatā) - cause-and-effect relationship (causality, state of being a cause)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• उपादानम् (upādānam) - material cause, ingredient, seizing

• विना (vinā) - without, except

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - effect, work

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as is well known

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please explain (to me) (let it be said, please explain)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

Compound of śrī (auspicious) + rāma (name).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspiciousness, prosperity, beauty, honorific
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a personal name)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active 3rd singular

Irregular perfect form from √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

वर (vara) - boon, blessing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, choice

From √vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 1)

शाप (śāpa) - curse, imprecation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, malediction

From √śap (to curse, swear).

Root: śap (class 1)

अर्थ (artha) - true nature, significance (meaning, purpose, object, significance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, sense, purpose, object, thing, wealth, significance

From √ṛ (to go, obtain).

Root: ṛ (class 1)

संवित्तौ (saṁvittau) - in the understanding of the significance (in the understanding, in the knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃvitti

saṁvitti - knowledge, understanding, cognition, perception (saṃvit)

From sam-√vid (to know, perceive) + ti suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

कार्य (kārya) - effect, work, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, action, effect, result, to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कारणता (kāraṇatā) - cause-and-effect relationship (causality, state of being a cause)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāraṇatā

kāraṇatā - causality, state of being a cause, causation

From kāraṇa (cause) + tā (suffix).

Note: The subject of the question.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

Note: Question word.

उपादानम् (upādānam) - material cause, ingredient, seizing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upādāna

upādāna - material cause, constituent, ingredient, seizing, assumption

From upa-ā-√dā (to take up, seize).

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Object of vinā.

विना (vinā) - without, except

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb, takes accusative, instrumental, or ablative.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - effect, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, action, effect, result, to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Active 3rd singular

From √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as is well known

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing certainty or reference to common knowledge.

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please explain (to me) (let it be said, please explain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative Passive 3rd singular

From denominative kathaya (from kathā 'story'), ultimately √kṛt with specific meaning.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Literally "let it be told".