योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-206, verse-9

सर्गारम्भस्य भूयः स्याद्वद किं मूलकारणम् ।
कानि वा सहकारीणि कारणानि कुतः कथम् ॥ ९ ॥

sargārambhasya bhūyaḥ syādvada kiṃ mūlakāraṇam ,
kāni vā sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni kutaḥ katham 9

9. sargārambhasya bhūyas syāt vada kim mūlakāraṇam
kāni vā sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni kutaḥ katham

9. vada bhūyas sargārambhasya kim mūlakāraṇam
syāt kāni vā sahakārīṇi kāraṇāni kutaḥ katham

9. Please tell me, what is the root cause for the renewed beginning of creation? And what are the contributing factors, from where, and how do they act?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गारम्भस्य (sargārambhasya) - of the beginning of creation

• भूयस् (bhūyas) - renewed, once more (again, further, moreover)

• स्यात् (syāt) - is, exists (may be, should be, let there be)

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• किम् (kim) - what?

• मूलकारणम् (mūlakāraṇam) - the root cause, the primary reason

• कानि (kāni) - what (plural)?

• वा (vā) - or, and

• सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - contributing, assisting, cooperative

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?, why?

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गारम्भस्य (sargārambhasya) - of the beginning of creation

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sargārambha

sargārambha - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ārambha)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj (to create, emit)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ārambha – beginning, commencement, undertaking
  noun (masculine)
  From root rabh (to take) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

भूयस् (bhūyas) - renewed, once more (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Comparative form of bahu (much)

स्यात् (syāt) - is, exists (may be, should be, let there be)

(verb)

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

Optative

Root as (to be) in optative mood

Root: as (class 2)

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative

Root vad (to speak) in imperative mood

Root: vad (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

मूलकारणम् (mūlakāraṇam) - the root cause, the primary reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūlakāraṇa

mūlakāraṇa - root cause, primary cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mūla+kāraṇa)

• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कानि (kāni) - what (plural)?

(interrogative pronoun)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

सहकारीणि (sahakārīṇi) - contributing, assisting, cooperative

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahakārin

sahakārin - cooperating, assisting, helping, an assistant

From root kṛ (to do) with prefixes saha (together) and iṇ (agent suffix)

Prefix: saha

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'kāraṇāni'

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - reason, cause, motive

From root kṛ (to do) + ana (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?, why?

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)