योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-34

श्रीराम उवाच ।
मन्येऽहं कारणाभावात्पूर्वमेव न सर्गता ।
उदिता तेन कस्यायं चेत्यचेतनविभ्रमः ॥ ३४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
manye'haṃ kāraṇābhāvātpūrvameva na sargatā ,
uditā tena kasyāyaṃ cetyacetanavibhramaḥ 34

34. śrīrāma uvāca manye aham kāraṇābhāvāt pūrvam eva na
sargatā uditā tena kasya ayam cetyacetanavibhramaḥ

34. śrīrāma uvāca aham manye kāraṇābhāvāt pūrvam eva
sargatā na uditā tena ayam cetyacetanavibhramaḥ kasya

34. Śrī Rāma said: "I believe that, in the absence of a cause, creation (sarga) itself never arose in the first place. If that is so, then to whom does this delusion (vibhrama) concerning the conscious and the unconscious belong?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कारणाभावात् (kāraṇābhāvāt) - due to the absence of a cause

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, originally

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

• न (na) - not, no

• सर्गता (sargatā) - the very fact of creation (the state of creation, existence)

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what, to whom

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• चेत्यचेतनविभ्रमः (cetyacetanavibhramaḥ) - delusion concerning conscious and unconscious entities

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, revered (honorific)
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – pleasing, charming, black, a name of an incarnation of Viṣṇu
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Irregular perfect form from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

present middle indicative

From root man (class 4).

Root: man (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

कारणाभावात् (kāraṇābhāvāt) - due to the absence of a cause

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇābhāva

kāraṇābhāva - absence of a cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+abhāva)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do) + ana suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  From a (negative prefix) + root bhū (to be) + a suffix.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, originally

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

सर्गता (sargatā) - the very fact of creation (the state of creation, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargatā

sargatā - the state of creation, creatorship, existence

Formed from sarga + tā (abstract suffix).

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - arisen, manifested, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

From ud (prefix) + root i (to go).

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what, to whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Interrogative pronoun.

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

चेत्यचेतनविभ्रमः (cetyacetanavibhramaḥ) - delusion concerning conscious and unconscious entities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cetyacetanavibhrama

cetyacetanavibhrama - delusion concerning the conscious and the unconscious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cetya+acetana+vibhrama)

• cetya – to be perceived, to be known, conscious
  adjective
  Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)
  From root cit (to perceive, know) + ya suffix.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• acetana – unconscious, non-sentient, inanimate
  adjective
  From a (negative prefix) + cetana (conscious).
  Prefix: a
• vibhrama – delusion, error, confusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From vi (prefix) + root bhram (to wander).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)