योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-31

कर्ता न पूर्वं नाप्यद्य कथमाक्रम्यते वद ।
यदैष कल्पनां बुद्ध्या मृतिनाम्नीं करिष्यति ॥ ३१ ॥

kartā na pūrvaṃ nāpyadya kathamākramyate vada ,
yadaiṣa kalpanāṃ buddhyā mṛtināmnīṃ kariṣyati 31

31. kartā na pūrvam na api adya katham ākramyate vada
yadā eṣa kalpanām buddhyā mṛtināmnīm kariṣyati

31. vada kartā pūrvam na adya api na katham ākramyate
yadā eṣa buddhyā mṛtināmnīm kalpanām kariṣyati

31. Tell me, how is the agent (kartā) assailed, neither before nor now? It is when this one (the agent) forms the conception named 'death' with his intellect (buddhi) that he will be assailed.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्ता (kartā) - agent (agent, doer, maker)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously (before, previously, formerly)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)

• अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is attacked (is assailed, is attacked, is overcome, is seized)

• वद (vada) - tell, explain (tell, speak, say)

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

• एष (eṣa) - this one (referring to the agent/kartā) (this, this one, he)

• कल्पनाम् (kalpanām) - conception, idea (imagination, conception, formation, creation, assumption)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by his intellect (buddhi) (by intellect, by understanding, by consciousness)

• मृतिनाम्नीम् (mṛtināmnīm) - named 'death' (named 'death', bearing the name 'death')

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will create, will form (will make, will do, will perform, will create)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्ता (kartā) - agent (agent, doer, maker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator, author

Agent noun from root kṛ

Formed from the root kṛ (to do, make) with the suffix -tṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously (before, previously, formerly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

Formed from idam (this) and dyā (day).

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the pronominal stem 'ka'.

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is attacked (is assailed, is attacked, is overcome, is seized)

(verb)

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

Present Passive, 3rd Person Singular

Formed from root 'kram' with prefix 'ā', in passive voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

वद (vada) - tell, explain (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative, 2nd Person Singular

Root: vad (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the relative pronominal stem 'ya'.

एष (eṣa) - this one (referring to the agent/kartā) (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'kartā'.

कल्पनाम् (kalpanām) - conception, idea (imagination, conception, formation, creation, assumption)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, conception, formation, creation, assumption

From root 'kḷp' (to be in order, to fashion) with suffix '-anā'.

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Object of 'kariṣyati'.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by his intellect (buddhi) (by intellect, by understanding, by consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind

From root 'budh' (to know, understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Instrument by which the conception is made.

मृतिनाम्नीम् (mṛtināmnīm) - named 'death' (named 'death', bearing the name 'death')

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛtināmnī

mṛtināmnī - named 'death'

Compound formed from 'mṛti' (death) and 'nāmīn' (having the name).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛti+nāmin)

• mṛti – death, dying, decease
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die) with suffix '-ti'.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• nāmin – having a name, named, called
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'nāman' (name) with suffix '-in'.

Note: Adjective for 'kalpanām'.

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will create, will form (will make, will do, will perform, will create)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Futures stem 'kariṣya-' from root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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