योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-8

कर्ता संस्त्वमसक्तत्वाद्भावाभावे रघूद्वह ।
असक्तत्वादकर्तापि कर्तृवत्स्पन्दनं कुतः ॥ ८ ॥

kartā saṃstvamasaktatvādbhāvābhāve raghūdvaha ,
asaktatvādakartāpi kartṛvatspandanaṃ kutaḥ 8

8. kartā san tvam asaktatvāt bhāva-abhāve raghūdvaha
asaktatvāt akartā api kartṛvat spandanam kutaḥ

8. raghūdvaha tvam kartā san bhāva-abhāve asaktatvāt
akartā api asaktatvāt kartṛvat spandanam kutaḥ

8. O scion of Raghu (raghūdvaha), though you are a doer, due to non-attachment (asaktatvāt) to creation and dissolution (bhāvābhāve), you are (in truth) not a doer. But if you are a non-doer (akartā api) due to non-attachment, then how does activity (spandana) occur, as if by a doer?

Words meanings summery:

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

• सन् (san) - though being (being, existing)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असक्तत्वात् (asaktatvāt) - due to non-attachment, from non-attachment

• भाव-अभावे (bhāva-abhāve) - in creation and dissolution (in existence and non-existence, in being and non-being, in creation and dissolution)

• रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - (Addressing Rama) (O scion of Raghu, leader of the Raghus)

• असक्तत्वात् (asaktatvāt) - due to non-attachment, from non-attachment

• अकर्ता (akartā) - non-doer

• अपि (api) - even if (also, even, indeed)

• कर्तृवत् (kartṛvat) - like a doer, as if a doer

• स्पन्दनम् (spandanam) - activity (throbbing, vibration, activity, movement)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, why (whence, from where, why, how)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent

Agent noun

Derived from root kṛ (to do) + tṛn suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सन् (san) - though being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, true, good

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be) + śatṛ suffix

Root: as (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

असक्तत्वात् (asaktatvāt) - due to non-attachment, from non-attachment

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of asaktatva

asaktatva - non-attachment, state of being unattached

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'sakta' (attached) + 'tva' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saktatva)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• saktatva – attachment, state of being attached
  noun (neuter)
  From sakta (attached) + tva (suffix)
  Root: sañj (class 7)

भाव-अभावे (bhāva-abhāve) - in creation and dissolution (in existence and non-existence, in being and non-being, in creation and dissolution)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, coming into being and ceasing to be

Dvandva compound of 'bhāva' (being/existence) and 'abhāva' (non-being/non-existence)

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'bhāva' (existence)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Dual locative used to express 'in both X and Y'.

रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - (Addressing Rama) (O scion of Raghu, leader of the Raghus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghūdvaha

raghūdvaha - scion of Raghu, leader of the Raghus

Compound of Raghu (name of an ancestor of Rama) and udvaha (bearer, carrying forward)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+udvaha)

• raghu – Raghu (a mythical king, ancestor of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• udvaha – bearer, carrying forward, supporting
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vah (to carry) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vah (class 1)

असक्तत्वात् (asaktatvāt) - due to non-attachment, from non-attachment

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of asaktatva

asaktatva - non-attachment, state of being unattached

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'sakta' (attached) + 'tva' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saktatva)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• saktatva – attachment, state of being attached
  noun (neuter)
  From sakta (attached) + tva (suffix)
  Root: sañj (class 7)

अकर्ता (akartā) - non-doer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, not the agent

Agent noun (negative)

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'kartṛ' (doer)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kartṛ – doer, agent
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) + tṛn suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even if (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle

कर्तृवत् (kartṛvat) - like a doer, as if a doer

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kartṛ' (doer) + 'vat' (suffix meaning 'like, as')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्पन्दनम् (spandanam) - activity (throbbing, vibration, activity, movement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of spandana

spandana - throbbing, vibration, activity, movement

Derived from root spand (to throb, move)

Root: spand (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, why (whence, from where, why, how)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb