योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-57, verse-11

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतं मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियात्मनः ।
साकारस्य निराकारं कथं भवति कारणम् ॥ ११ ॥

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītaṃ manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātmanaḥ ,
sākārasya nirākāraṃ kathaṃ bhavati kāraṇam 11

11. manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātmanaḥ
| sākārasya nirākāram katham bhavati kāraṇam ||

11. manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam nirākāram,
manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātmanaḥ sākārasya katham kāraṇam bhavati

11. How can the formless, which is beyond the mind and the six senses, be the cause for that which is embodied and has the mind and six senses as its very nature (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - that which is beyond the mind and the six senses

• मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियात्मनः (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātmanaḥ) - of that which has the mind and six senses as its essential nature, of the self (ātman) composed of the mind and six senses

• साकारस्य (sākārasya) - of the embodied, of that which has form

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, bodiless, without shape

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, comes into being

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

Words meanings and morphology

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियातीतम् (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītam) - that which is beyond the mind and the six senses

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātīta - transcending the mind and the six senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+ṣaṣṭha+indriya+atīta)

• manas – mind
  noun (neuter)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective
• indriya – sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• atīta – passed beyond, transcended
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियात्मनः (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātmanaḥ) - of that which has the mind and six senses as its essential nature, of the self (ātman) composed of the mind and six senses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātman

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātman - having the mind and six senses as its self/nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+ṣaṣṭha+indriya+ātman)

• manas – mind
  noun (neuter)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective
• indriya – sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

साकारस्य (sākārasya) - of the embodied, of that which has form

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sākāra

sākāra - having form, embodied, concrete

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+ākāra)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  prefix
• ākāra – form, shape
  noun (masculine)

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, bodiless, without shape

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, bodiless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākāra)

• nis – without, free from
  prefix
• ākāra – form, shape
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason