योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-206, verse-16

किं तत्स्यात्सहकारीणि कारणान्यथ कानि वा ।
धर्माधर्मावमूर्तौ द्वौ तस्यामूर्तस्य मूर्तता ॥ १६ ॥

kiṃ tatsyātsahakārīṇi kāraṇānyatha kāni vā ,
dharmādharmāvamūrtau dvau tasyāmūrtasya mūrtatā 16

16. kim tat syāt sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni atha kāni vā
dharmādharmau amūrtau dvau tasya amūrtasya mūrtatā

16. kim tat syāt atha vā kāni sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni.
dvau amūrtau dharmādharmau tasya amūrtasya mūrtatā

16. What might that be? Or what are the auxiliary causes? The two, merit (dharma) and demerit (adharma), though formless, bring about the embodiment (mūrtatā) of that formless (entity).

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• तत् (tat) - that

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

• सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - assisting, cooperative, auxiliary

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and, what about

• कानि (kāni) - what? which?

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• धर्माधर्मौ (dharmādharmau) - merit and demerit (intrinsic nature and its opposite)

• अमूर्तौ (amūrtau) - formless, incorporeal

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• अमूर्तस्य (amūrtasya) - of the formless (one)

• मूर्तता (mūrtatā) - corporality, embodiment, tangibility, having form

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who; whether, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - assisting, cooperative, auxiliary

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahakārin

sahakārin - assisting, cooperating, helping, auxiliary

Compound of saha (with) and kārin (doing)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (saha+kārin)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Preposition/prefix
• kārin – doing, making, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Adjective
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -in
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'kāraṇāni'

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and, what about

(indeclinable)

कानि (kāni) - what? which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - what, which, who; whether, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

धर्माधर्मौ (dharmādharmau) - merit and demerit (intrinsic nature and its opposite)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dharma-adharma

dharma-adharma - merit and demerit; righteousness and unrighteousness; natural law and its opposite

Dvandva compound of dharma and adharma

Compound type : Dvandva (dharma+adharma)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, merit
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to uphold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• adharma – unrighteousness, demerit, injustice, vice, lawlessness
  noun (masculine)
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a- (not) and dharma

अमूर्तौ (amūrtau) - formless, incorporeal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of amūrta

amūrta - formless, bodiless, incorporeal, unmanifest

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mūrta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• mūrta – embodied, concrete, having form
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mūrc (to solidify, assume form)
  Root: mūrc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmādharmau'

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmādharmau'

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the formless entity

अमूर्तस्य (amūrtasya) - of the formless (one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amūrta

amūrta - formless, bodiless, incorporeal, unmanifest

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mūrta)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• mūrta – embodied, concrete, having form
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mūrc (to solidify, assume form)
  Root: mūrc (class 1)

मूर्तता (mūrtatā) - corporality, embodiment, tangibility, having form

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mūrtatā

mūrtatā - corporality, embodiment, tangibility, form, manifest existence

Derived from mūrta (formed) with suffix -tā (fem noun of state)