योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-6

अकारणं प्रवर्तन्त इव भावा अकारणात् ।
अविद्यमाना अप्येतेऽविद्यमाना इव स्थिताः ॥ ६ ॥

akāraṇaṃ pravartanta iva bhāvā akāraṇāt ,
avidyamānā apyete'vidyamānā iva sthitāḥ 6

6. akāraṇam pravartante iva bhāvāḥ akāraṇāt
avidyāmānāḥ api ete avidyāmānāḥ iva sthitāḥ

6. ete avidyāmānāḥ api bhāvāḥ akāraṇam akāraṇāt
iva pravartante avidyāmānāḥ iva sthitāḥ

6. Entities seem to manifest without any cause, originating from nothing. Even though these entities are fundamentally non-existent, they persist as if they were non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause; causeless; for no reason

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise; they manifest; they proceed

• इव (iva) - as if; like; seemingly

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities; existences; states of being

• अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - from no cause; without cause

• अविद्यामानाः (avidyāmānāḥ) - non-existent; not present

• अपि (api) - even; also; although

• एते (ete) - these

• अविद्यामानाः (avidyāmānāḥ) - non-existent; not present

• इव (iva) - as if; like; seemingly

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - existent; standing; remaining; situated

Words meanings and morphology

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause; causeless; for no reason

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless; having no motive

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'kāraṇa' (cause).

Compound type : avyayībhāva / karmadhāraya (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) + ṇic (causative) + lyuṭ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used adverbially here.

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise; they manifest; they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if; like; seemingly

(indeclinable)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - entities; existences; states of being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, entity, nature, emotion

Derived from root bhū (to be) + ghañ.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - from no cause; without cause

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless; having no motive

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'kāraṇa' (cause).

Compound type : avyayībhāva / karmadhāraya (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) + ṇic (causative) + lyuṭ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अविद्यामानाः (avidyāmānāḥ) - non-existent; not present

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - non-existent, not present

Present Active Participle (śānac)

Formed from the root 'vid' (to exist) + 'śānac' suffix, negated by 'a'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+vidyamāna)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• vidyamāna – existing, present, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (śānac)
  Formed from root 'vid' (to exist) with the 'śānac' suffix.
  Root: vid (class 4)

अपि (api) - even; also; although

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

अविद्यामानाः (avidyāmānāḥ) - non-existent; not present

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidyamāna

avidyamāna - non-existent, not present

Present Active Participle (śānac)

Formed from the root 'vid' (to exist) + 'śānac' suffix, negated by 'a'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+vidyamāna)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
• vidyamāna – existing, present, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (śānac)
  Formed from root 'vid' (to exist) with the 'śānac' suffix.
  Root: vid (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if; like; seemingly

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - existent; standing; remaining; situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, fixed, existing, situated, abiding

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'sthā' (to stand) with 'kta' suffix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

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