योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-53

बीजं शाखाफलानीव क्वातोऽर्थमनसी वद ।
ज्ञेयासंभवतो ज्ञप्तिरप्यनाख्यं पदं गता ॥ ५३ ॥

bījaṃ śākhāphalānīva kvāto'rthamanasī vada ,
jñeyāsaṃbhavato jñaptirapyanākhyaṃ padaṃ gatā 53

53. bījam śākhāphalāni iva kva ataḥ arthamanasī vada |
jñeya asaṃbhavataḥ jñaptiḥ api anākhyam padam gatā ||

53. bījam śākhāphalāni iva,
ataḥ arthamanasī kva vada ? jñeya asaṃbhavataḥ,
jñaptiḥ api anākhyam padam gatā

53. Just as branches and fruits [arise] from a seed, tell me, from where do the object (artha) and mind (manas) [arise]? Due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya), perception (jñapti) itself also attains a nameless state.

Words meanings summery:

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

• शाखाफलानि (śākhāphalāni) - branches and fruits

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• क्व (kva) - where? from where?

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

• अर्थमनसी (arthamanasī) - object and mind

• वद (vada) - say, tell

• ज्ञेय (jñeya) - knowable, that which is to be known

• असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya) (from the impossibility, due to non-existence)

• ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - knowledge, perception, cognition

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - nameless, unmentionable, indescribable

• पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, word

• गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

Words meanings and morphology

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

शाखाफलानि (śākhāphalāni) - branches and fruits

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śākhāphala

śākhāphala - branches and fruits

Compound type : Dvandva (śākhā+phala)

• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where? from where?

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, therefore, hence

(indeclinable)

अर्थमनसी (arthamanasī) - object and mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of arthamanas

arthamanas - object and mind (dual)

Compound type : Dvandva (artha+manas)

• artha – object, meaning, purpose, thing
  noun (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implied subject of 'arise'.

वद (vada) - say, tell

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

ज्ञेय (jñeya) - knowable, that which is to be known

(adjective)

neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - knowable, perceptible, to be known, object of knowledge

Gerundive

From root jñā (to know) with kṛtya suffix -ya.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Stem in a compound 'jñeyāsaṃbhava'.

असंभवतः (asaṁbhavataḥ) - due to the impossibility of the knowable (jñeya) (from the impossibility, due to non-existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jñeyasaṃbhava

jñeyasaṁbhava - impossibility of the knowable

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jñeya+asaṃbhava)

• jñeya – knowable, object of knowledge
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• asaṃbhava – impossibility, non-existence, unsuitability
  noun (masculine)
  From a- + saṃbhava ('possibility, existence').
  Prefix: sam

ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - knowledge, perception, cognition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, perception, cognition, understanding

From root jñā (to know) + suffix -ti.

Root: jñā (class 9)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अनाख्यम् (anākhyam) - nameless, unmentionable, indescribable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anākhya

anākhya - nameless, indescribable, ineffable, unmentionable

Compound type : Nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+ākhya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ākhya – named, called, to be named
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root khyā with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'padam'.

पदम् (padam) - state, condition, abode, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, condition, word, position

गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, attained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + suffix -ta.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jñaptiḥ'.