योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-23

विस्मरत्यपि विस्तीर्णां कृतां चेतःक्रियां यथा ।
तथा कृतामप्यकृतामिति स्मरति निश्चितम् ॥ २३ ॥

vismaratyapi vistīrṇāṃ kṛtāṃ cetaḥkriyāṃ yathā ,
tathā kṛtāmapyakṛtāmiti smarati niścitam 23

23. vismarati api vistīrṇām kṛtām cetaḥkriyām yathā
tathā kṛtām api akṛtām iti smarati niścitam

23. yathā cetaḥ kṛtām vistīrṇām cetaḥkriyām api vismarati,
tathā kṛtām api akṛtām iti niścitam smarati

23. Just as the mind (cetas) forgets even an extensive mental activity (cetaḥkriyā) that was performed, so too it certainly remembers a performed action as if it were not performed.

Words meanings summery:

• विस्मरति (vismarati) - forgets; fails to remember

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• विस्तीर्णाम् (vistīrṇām) - extensive, vast, widespread, expansive

• कृताम् (kṛtām) - done, performed, made, accomplished

• चेतःक्रियाम् (cetaḥkriyām) - mental action, mental activity, mental operation

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• कृताम् (kṛtām) - done, performed, made, accomplished

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अकृताम् (akṛtām) - not done, not performed, undone

• इति (iti) - as if, marking the perceived state (thus, so; indicates direct quote or reported speech)

• स्मरति (smarati) - remembers, recollects, thinks of

• निश्चितम् (niścitam) - certainly, definitely, assuredly

Words meanings and morphology

विस्मरति (vismarati) - forgets; fails to remember

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smṛ

Present tense, third person singular

Root smṛ, class 1, with upasarga vi- (implying 'away from' or 'loss of')

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

विस्तीर्णाम् (vistīrṇām) - extensive, vast, widespread, expansive

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - spread out, extensive, vast, wide, expanded

Past Passive Participle

From root 'stṛ' (to strew, spread) with prefix 'vi-'

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

कृताम् (kṛtām) - done, performed, made, accomplished

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished; action, deed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चेतःक्रियाम् (cetaḥkriyām) - mental action, mental activity, mental operation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cetaḥkriyā

cetaḥkriyā - action of the mind, mental activity, mental operation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cetas+kriyā)

• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, spirit
  noun (neuter)
• kriyā – action, act, performance, activity, rite
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

कृताम् (kṛtām) - done, performed, made, accomplished

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished; action, deed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अकृताम् (akṛtām) - not done, not performed, undone

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akṛta

akṛta - not done, undone, not performed, unmade; not prepared

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - as if, marking the perceived state (thus, so; indicates direct quote or reported speech)

(indeclinable)

स्मरति (smarati) - remembers, recollects, thinks of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smṛ

Present tense, third person singular

Root smṛ, class 1

Root: smṛ (class 1)

निश्चितम् (niścitam) - certainly, definitely, assuredly

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ci' (to collect, observe) with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular.