योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-11

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
आदिसर्गविधावेव विराडात्मादिकोऽनघ ।
जातो न कश्चिदेवार्थो ज्ञेयस्यातो न संभवः ॥ ११ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ādisargavidhāveva virāḍātmādiko'nagha ,
jāto na kaścidevārtho jñeyasyāto na saṃbhavaḥ 11

11. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ādisargavidhau eva virāṭātmādikaḥ anagha
jātaḥ na kaścit eva arthaḥ jñeyasya ataḥ na saṃbhavaḥ

11. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca anagha ādisargavidhau eva virāṭātmādikaḥ
kaścit arthaḥ na jātaḥ ataḥ jñeyasya na saṃbhavaḥ

11. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O faultless one (anagha), right at the time of the primordial creation (ādi-sarga), no entity (artha) whatsoever, like the cosmic self (virāṭ-ātman) and so on, was ever born. Therefore, there is no possibility for an object of knowledge (jñeya) to exist.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Lord Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आदिसर्गविधौ (ādisargavidhau) - at the very beginning of creation (in the act/method of primordial creation)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'in the very act of' (indeed, only, very)

• विराटात्मादिकः (virāṭātmādikaḥ) - like the Virāṭ-ātman and other similar grand cosmic entities (beginning with the cosmic self (virāṭ-ātman), and so on)

• अनघ (anagha) - O Rāma, who is pure and without blemish (O faultless one, sinless one)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

• न (na) - not

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - no 'anything' (when combined with 'na') (anyone, anything, some, a certain)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'no entity whatsoever' (indeed, only, very)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - entity, objective reality (object, thing, meaning, purpose, reality)

• ज्ञेयस्य (jñeyasya) - of what is to be known, of the object of knowledge

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

• न (na) - not

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - possibility (of existence) (existence, possibility, origin)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Lord Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Class 2 verb (vac-ādeśa to uvāca for perfect tense)

Root: vac (class 2)

आदिसर्गविधौ (ādisargavidhau) - at the very beginning of creation (in the act/method of primordial creation)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādisargavidhi

ādisargavidhi - the method or act of primordial creation, original creation

Tatpurusha compound: ādi (primordial) + sarga (creation) + vidhi (act/manner).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādi+sarga+vidhi)

• ādi – beginning, primordial
  noun (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj (to create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• vidhi – rule, method, act, creation
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'in the very act of' (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विराटात्मादिकः (virāṭātmādikaḥ) - like the Virāṭ-ātman and other similar grand cosmic entities (beginning with the cosmic self (virāṭ-ātman), and so on)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭātmādika

virāṭātmādika - beginning with the Virāṭ-ātman (cosmic self), and so forth

Bahuvrīhi compound: virāṭ-ātman (cosmic self) + ādika (beginning with).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (virāṭātman+ādika)

• virāṭātman – cosmic self, universal soul, manifest macrocosm
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of Virāṭ (cosmic, vast) and ātman (self).
• ādika – beginning with, et cetera, and so on
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ādi.

अनघ (anagha) - O Rāma, who is pure and without blemish (O faultless one, sinless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Bahuvrīhi compound: na (not) + agha (fault/sin).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (na+agha)

• na – not
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Formed from the root jan.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - no 'anything' (when combined with 'na') (anyone, anything, some, a certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, any, a certain one

Indefinite pronoun, formed from kim (what) + cit (an emphatic particle).

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'no entity whatsoever' (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - entity, objective reality (object, thing, meaning, purpose, reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, object, thing, wealth, reality

ज्ञेयस्य (jñeyasya) - of what is to be known, of the object of knowledge

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, what is to be known, an object of knowledge

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root jñā (to know) + ya suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: It's acting as a noun here.

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix 'tas' to 'a' (this).

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - possibility (of existence) (existence, possibility, origin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - possibility, origin, birth, existence

From root bhū (to be) with prefixes sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)