योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-55, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मचराचराः ।
आदावेव हि नोत्पन्नाः सर्गादौ कारणं विना ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācarāḥ ,
ādāveva hi notpannāḥ sargādau kāraṇaṃ vinā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācarāḥ
| ādau eva hi na utpannāḥ sargādau kāraṇam vinā ||

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sargādau kāraṇam vinā ādau eva hi
bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācarāḥ na utpannāḥ

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: These (phenomena characterized by) existence and non-existence, grasping and rejection, gross and subtle, moving and unmoving, were indeed never produced at the very beginning of creation, nor did they arise without a cause.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मचराचराः (bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācarāḥ) - (entities characterized by) existence and non-existence, grasping and rejection, gross and subtle, moving and unmoving

• आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, initially

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, very

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• न (na) - not, no

• उत्पन्नाः (utpannāḥ) - produced, arisen, born

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मचराचराः (bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācarāḥ) - (entities characterized by) existence and non-existence, grasping and rejection, gross and subtle, moving and unmoving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācara

bhāvābhāvagrahotsargasthūlasūkṣmacarācara - compounded qualities of being-non-being, accepting-rejecting, gross-subtle, moving-immobile

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva+graha+utsarga+sthūla+sūkṣma+cara+acara)

• bhāva – existence, state of being
  noun (masculine)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence
  noun (masculine)
• graha – grasping, acceptance, seizing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'grah' (to seize).
  Root: grah
• utsarga – abandoning, rejection, emission
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛj' (to emit) with prefix 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sṛj
• sthūla – gross, material, bulky
  adjective (neuter)
• sūkṣma – subtle, fine, minute
  adjective (neuter)
• cara – moving, mobile
  adjective (neuter)
  From root 'car' (to move).
  Root: car
• acara – unmoving, immobile
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of 'cara' by 'a'.

आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning, initially

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first

एव (eva) - indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्नाः (utpannāḥ) - produced, arisen, born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utpanna

utpanna - produced, arisen, born

Past Passive Participle

From root 'pad' (to go, move) with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: pad

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛj' (to emit).
  Root: sṛj
• ādi – beginning, first
  noun (masculine)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Note: Governed by 'vinā'.

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)