योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-206, verse-17

निर्द्रव्यं कुरुते द्रव्यैर्युक्तिरित्यसमञ्जसा ।
मातापित्राद्यभावो हि बीजं किं तत्र कारणम् ॥ १७ ॥

nirdravyaṃ kurute dravyairyuktirityasamañjasā ,
mātāpitrādyabhāvo hi bījaṃ kiṃ tatra kāraṇam 17

17. nirdravyam kurute dravyaiḥ yuktiḥ iti asamañjasā
mātāpitrādyabhāvaḥ hi bījam kim tatra kāraṇam

17. nirdravyam dravyaiḥ kurute iti yuktiḥ asamañjasā.
hi tatra mātāpitrādyabhāvaḥ kim bījam kāraṇam

17. This argument is inconsistent: that one creates a material body (dravyaiḥ) for a non-material entity (nirdravyam). Indeed, what is the seed or the cause for the manifestation (of a body) where there is an absence of a mother, a father, and so forth?

Words meanings summery:

• निर्द्रव्यम् (nirdravyam) - without substance, immaterial, non-material

• कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, creates

• द्रव्यैः (dravyaiḥ) - by means of substances, with materials

• युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - reasoning, argument, logic, method

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

• असमञ्जसा (asamañjasā) - inconsistent, improper, unsuitable, contradictory

• मातापित्राद्यभावः (mātāpitrādyabhāvaḥ) - absence of mother, father, etc.

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, primary cause

• किम् (kim) - what?

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

Words meanings and morphology

निर्द्रव्यम् (nirdravyam) - without substance, immaterial, non-material

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirdravya

nirdravya - without substance, immaterial, substance-less

Bahuvrīhi compound (nis- + dravya)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nis+dravya)

• nis – out, forth, without
  prefix
  Prefix indicating negation or absence
• dravya – substance, material, thing, object
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'kurute'

कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, creates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present 3rd person singular middle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

द्रव्यैः (dravyaiḥ) - by means of substances, with materials

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of dravya

dravya - substance, material, thing, object, wealth

Note: Means or instrument by which an action is performed

युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - reasoning, argument, logic, method

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - joining, union, connection, application, argument, reasoning, logic, method, skill

Derived from root yuj (to join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the preceding statement as a 'reasoning'

असमञ्जसा (asamañjasā) - inconsistent, improper, unsuitable, contradictory

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asamañjasa

asamañjasa - inconsistent, unsuitable, improper, contradictory, unseemly

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samañjasa)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• samañjasa – proper, suitable, consistent
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of sam- (with) and añjasa (straight)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'yuktiḥ'

मातापित्राद्यभावः (mātāpitrādyabhāvaḥ) - absence of mother, father, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātāpitrādyabhāva

mātāpitrādyabhāva - absence of mother, father, and so on

Tatpuruṣa compound of mātāpitṛ (parents), ādi (etc.), and abhāva (absence)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mātāpitṛ+ādi+abhāva)

• mātāpitṛ – mother and father, parents
  noun (masculine)
  Dvandva compound
• ādi – beginning, start, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a- (not) and bhāva (existence)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the question

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, primary cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, primary cause, element

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who; whether, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the context of absence of parents

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)