योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-31

अहं हि हेमकटके विचार्यापि न दृष्टवान् ।
कटकत्वं क्वचिन्नाम ऋते निर्मलहाटकात् ॥ ३१ ॥

ahaṃ hi hemakaṭake vicāryāpi na dṛṣṭavān ,
kaṭakatvaṃ kvacinnāma ṛte nirmalahāṭakāt 31

31. aham hi hemakaṭake vicāryā api na dṛṣṭavān
kaṭakatvam kvacit nāma ṛte nirmalahāṭakāt

31. aham hi hemakaṭake vicāryā api,
nāma,
kaṭakatvam nirmalahāṭakāt ṛte kvacit na dṛṣṭavān.

31. Indeed, upon examining a gold bracelet, I have never perceived 'bracelet-ness' (i.e., the form of the bracelet) as existing anywhere apart from the pure gold itself.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• हेमकटके (hemakaṭake) - in a gold bracelet/ornament

• विचार्या (vicāryā) - even after examining (having considered, having examined, having reflected)

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

• न (na) - not, no

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - I have seen (one who has seen, perceived)

• कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - 'bracelet-ness' (the form of the bracelet) (the state of being a bracelet/ornament, bracelet-ness)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, ever (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, ever)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, by name)

• ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, except, apart from)

• निर्मलहाटकात् (nirmalahāṭakāt) - from pure gold

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Personal pronoun.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हेमकटके (hemakaṭake) - in a gold bracelet/ornament

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hemakaṭaka

hemakaṭaka - gold bracelet, gold ornament

Compound type : tatpurusha (heman+kaṭaka)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kaṭaka – bracelet, anklet, ornament, ring
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative case indicating location.

विचार्या (vicāryā) - even after examining (having considered, having examined, having reflected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root car (to move) with vi + ā prefixes + lyap

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with absolutives to mean 'even after doing X'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - I have seen (one who has seen, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - one who has seen

Past Active Participle

Root dṛś (to see) + ktavatup

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used verbally with the nominative subject `aham`.

कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - 'bracelet-ness' (the form of the bracelet) (the state of being a bracelet/ornament, bracelet-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṭakatva

kaṭakatva - the state of being a bracelet, bracelet-ness

Derived from kaṭaka + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of `dṛṣṭavān`.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, ever (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, ever)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/time.

नाम (nāma) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, by name)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

ऋते (ṛte) - apart from (without, except, apart from)

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition-like indeclinable governing the ablative.

निर्मलहाटकात् (nirmalahāṭakāt) - from pure gold

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nirmalahāṭaka

nirmalahāṭaka - pure gold

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nirmala+hāṭaka)

• nirmala – pure, spotless, clear
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound 'nis mala'
• hāṭaka – gold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Governed by `ṛte`.