योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-37, verse-15

कार्यकारणभावादि ब्रह्मैव सकलं यदा ।
तदा तु ब्रह्मता ह्यस्मिन्संविन्मात्रात्मके तते ॥ १५ ॥

kāryakāraṇabhāvādi brahmaiva sakalaṃ yadā ,
tadā tu brahmatā hyasminsaṃvinmātrātmake tate 15

15. kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi brahma eva sakalam yadā
tadā tu brahmatā hi asmin saṃvin-mātra-ātmake tate

15. yadā kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi sakalam brahma eva
tadā tu hi asmin saṃvin-mātra-ātmake tate brahmatā

15. When the entire [universe], including the nature of cause and effect, is verily (brahman) itself, then the state of being (brahman) indeed resides in this [manifestation], which is expanded as the very essence of pure consciousness.

15. כאשר יחסי סיבה ותוצאה וכל השאר נתפסים כְּבְּרַהְמַן בלבד, אזי מתגלה שאין דבר מלבד בְּרַהְמַן במציאות הנרחבת הזו, שהיא תודעה טהורה.

Words meanings summery:

• कार्य-कारण-भाव-आदि (kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi) - encompassing all phenomena based on cause and effect (beginning with the nature of cause and effect)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - (brahman), the ultimate reality, the absolute

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• सकलम् (sakalam) - entire, whole, all

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ब्रह्मता (brahmatā) - the quality or essence of being (brahman) (the state of being (brahman), brahmin-ness)

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, certainly

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this manifested universe (in this, in him/it)

• संविन्-मात्र-आत्मके (saṁvin-mātra-ātmake) - in the manifestation whose nature is pure consciousness (in that which has pure consciousness as its self/essence)

• तते (tate) - in this expanded or manifested form (of the universe) (extended, spread out, expanded)

Words meanings and morphology

कार्य-कारण-भाव-आदि (kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi) - encompassing all phenomena based on cause and effect (beginning with the nature of cause and effect)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi

kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva-ādi - beginning with the nature of cause and effect

Compound formed with `kārya` (effect) `kāraṇa` (cause) `bhāva` (nature) `ādi` (etc.).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kārya+kāraṇa+bhāva+ādi)

• kārya – effect, action, duty, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root `kṛ` (to do) + `ya` suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do) + `ṇaka` suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhāva – existence, state, nature, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From `bhū`
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, and so forth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - (brahman), the ultimate reality, the absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the absolute, the supreme reality, universal spirit, sacred word

From root `bṛh` (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

Note: Adds emphasis, 'nothing but'.

सकलम् (sakalam) - entire, whole, all

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sakala

sakala - whole, entire, all, complete, with parts

From `sa` (with) + `kala` (part)

Note: Agrees with implied neuter subject (e.g. `jagat`).

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to `yadā`

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Particle

ब्रह्मता (brahmatā) - the quality or essence of being (brahman) (the state of being (brahman), brahmin-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brahmatā

brahmatā - the state of being `brahman`, `brahmin` (for a caste member)

From `brahman` + `tā` (suffix forming abstract feminine noun)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle or causal conjunction.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this manifested universe (in this, in him/it)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with `saṃvin-mātra-ātmake` and `tate`.

संविन्-मात्र-आत्मके (saṁvin-mātra-ātmake) - in the manifestation whose nature is pure consciousness (in that which has pure consciousness as its self/essence)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃvin-mātra-ātman

saṁvin-mātra-ātman - that whose essence is pure consciousness, consisting only of consciousness as its self

Compound: `saṃvit` (consciousness) + `mātra` (only/mere) + `ātman` (self/essence).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃvit+mātra+ātman)

• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From `sam` + root `vid` (to know)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• mātra – only, mere, solely, measure, quantity
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix indicating 'only' or 'mere'.
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root `an` (to breathe)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `asmin` and `tate`.

तते (tate) - in this expanded or manifested form (of the universe) (extended, spread out, expanded)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tata

tata - stretched, spread, extended, vast, diffused

Past Passive Participle

From root `tan` (to stretch, extend)

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `asmin` and `saṃvin-mātra-ātmake`.

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