योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-12

मनो यदनुसंधत्ते तत्कर्मेन्द्रियवृत्तयः ।
सर्वाः संपादयन्त्येतास्तस्मात्कर्म मनः स्मृतम् ॥ १२ ॥

mano yadanusaṃdhatte tatkarmendriyavṛttayaḥ ,
sarvāḥ saṃpādayantyetāstasmātkarma manaḥ smṛtam 12

12. manaḥ yat anusandhatte tat karmendriyavṛttayaḥ
sarvāḥ sampādayanti etāḥ tasmāt karma manaḥ smṛtam

12. yat manaḥ anusandhatte,
sarvāḥ etāḥ karmendriyavṛttayaḥ tat sampādayanti.
tasmāt manaḥ karma smṛtam.

12. Whatever the mind (manas) conceives, all these functions of the organs of action (karmendriyas) bring that into being. Therefore, the mind itself is considered to be action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

• अनुसन्धत्ते (anusandhatte) - conceives or focuses upon mentally (focuses upon, conceives, connects, investigates)

• तत् (tat) - that

• कर्मेन्द्रियवृत्तयः (karmendriyavṛttayaḥ) - functions of the organs of action

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• सम्पादयन्ति (sampādayanti) - accomplish, bring about, fulfill

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, effect (karma)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered, considered, held

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

Root: man (class 4)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अनुसन्धत्ते (anusandhatte) - conceives or focuses upon mentally (focuses upon, conceives, connects, investigates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anusandhā

Prefixes: anu+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कर्मेन्द्रियवृत्तयः (karmendriyavṛttayaḥ) - functions of the organs of action

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of karmendriyavṛtti

karmendriyavṛtti - function of an organ of action

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma-indriya+vṛtti)

• karma-indriya – organ of action
  noun (neuter)
• vṛtti – function, activity, mode of being
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

सम्पादयन्ति (sampādayanti) - accomplish, bring about, fulfill

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sampād

Prefixes: sam+pa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Causal form.

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an ablative of cause, functioning as an indeclinable 'therefore'.

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, effect (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, effect, ritual action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart, desire

Root: man (class 4)

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered, considered, held

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, considered, held

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle, functions as an adjective.