योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-54, verse-25

सति बीजे प्रवर्तन्ते कार्यकारणदृष्टयः ।
निराकारस्य किं बीजं क्व जन्यजनकक्रमः ॥ २५ ॥

sati bīje pravartante kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ ,
nirākārasya kiṃ bījaṃ kva janyajanakakramaḥ 25

25. sati bīje pravartante kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ
nirākārasya kim bījam kva janyajanakakramaḥ

25. bīje sati kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ pravartante.
nirākārasya kim bījam? janyajanakakramaḥ kva?

25. When a seed (bīja) is present, the notions of cause and effect prevail. But for the formless reality, what could be its seed? And where then is the sequence of what is produced and its producer?

Words meanings summery:

• सति (sati) - existing, being present, if there is

• बीजे (bīje) - in the seed, when there is a seed

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they function, they operate

• कार्यकारणदृष्टयः (kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ) - views/perceptions of cause and effect

• निराकारस्य (nirākārasya) - of the formless, of that which has no shape

• किम् (kim) - what?

• बीजम् (bījam) - the seed

• क्व (kva) - where?

• जन्यजनकक्रमः (janyajanakakramaḥ) - the sequence of producer and produced

Words meanings and morphology

सति (sati) - existing, being present, if there is

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - existent, being, real

Present Active Participle

present active participle from root as

Root: as (class 2)

बीजे (bīje) - in the seed, when there is a seed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ, element, cause

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they function, they operate

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कार्यकारणदृष्टयः (kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ) - views/perceptions of cause and effect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭi

kāryakāraṇadṛṣṭi - notion or view of cause and effect

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kārya+kāraṇa+dṛṣṭi)

• kārya – effect, to be done
  adjective
  Gerundive
  gerundive from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dṛṣṭi – view, perception, vision
  noun (feminine)
  noun from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

निराकारस्य (nirākārasya) - of the formless, of that which has no shape

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, shapeless, incorporeal

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nis+ākāra)

• nis – without, out
  indeclinable
  prefix meaning 'without'
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

interrogative pronoun

बीजम् (bījam) - the seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ, element, cause

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb (locative sense)

जन्यजनकक्रमः (janyajanakakramaḥ) - the sequence of producer and produced

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janyajanakakrama

janyajanakakrama - the order or sequence of what is generated and what generates

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (janya+janaka+krama)

• janya – to be produced, generated, effect
  adjective
  Gerundive
  gerundive from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)
• janaka – producer, generator, cause
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)
• krama – sequence, order, step
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)