योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-6

नासि कर्ता किमेतासु क्रियासु ममता तव ।
एकस्मिन्विद्यमाने हि किं केन क्रियते कथम् ॥ ६ ॥

nāsi kartā kimetāsu kriyāsu mamatā tava ,
ekasminvidyamāne hi kiṃ kena kriyate katham 6

6. na asi kartā kim etāsu kriyāsu mamatā tava
ekasmin vidyamāne hi kim kena kriyate katham

6. tava etāsu kriyāsu mamatā kim na asi kartā
hi ekasmin vidyamāne kim kena katham kriyate

6. You are not the doer. Why do you have possessiveness (mamatā) towards these actions? Indeed, when the one Self (ātman) alone exists, what is done by whom, and how could it be done?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• असि (asi) - you are

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these

• क्रियासु (kriyāsu) - in actions, in deeds

• ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

• तव (tava) - your

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in the one Self (ātman) (in one, in the single one)

• विद्यमाने (vidyamāne) - when (the Self) exists (existing, being present, while being)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• केन (kena) - by whom

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present indicative, 2nd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent noun

Derived from root kṛ (to do) + tṛn suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

एतासु (etāsu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

क्रियासु (kriyāsu) - in actions, in deeds

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, performance

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mamatā

mamatā - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

Derived from mama (my) + tā (suffix forming abstract nouns)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in the one Self (ātman) (in one, in the single one)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

विद्यमाने (vidyamāne) - when (the Self) exists (existing, being present, while being)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, being present

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root vid (to be, to exist) with śānac suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Particle

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Interrogative pronoun

केन (kena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Also neuter instrumental. Here it can be masculine/neuter for 'by whom/what'.

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present, 3rd person singular, Passive voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb