योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-55

यथैव पुरुषः स्नानदानादानादिकाः क्रियाः ।
कुर्वंस्तत्कर्तृवैचित्र्यमेति तद्वदिदं मनः ॥ ५५ ॥

yathaiva puruṣaḥ snānadānādānādikāḥ kriyāḥ ,
kurvaṃstatkartṛvaicitryameti tadvadidaṃ manaḥ 55

55. yathā eva puruṣaḥ snānadānādānādikāḥ kriyāḥ
kurvan tatkartṛvaicitryam eti tadvat idam manaḥ

55. yathā eva puruṣaḥ snānadānādānādikāḥ kriyāḥ
kurvan tatkartṛvaicitryam eti tadvat idam manaḥ

55. Just as a person (puruṣa), while performing various activities such as bathing, giving, and receiving, experiences the diversity inherent in those actions and agents, so too does this mind (manas).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) (person, human being, cosmic person (puruṣa))

• स्नानदानादानादिकाः (snānadānādānādikāḥ) - activities like bathing, giving, and taking

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, activities, deeds

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - while performing (doing, performing)

• तत्कर्तृवैचित्र्यम् (tatkartṛvaicitryam) - the diversity inherent in those actions and agents (the diversity of that agent/doer, diversity inherent in those actions/agents)

• एति (eti) - attains, experiences (he/she/it goes, attains, reaches)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too (similarly, in that manner)

• इदम् (idam) - this (mind) (this (neuter singular nominative/accusative))

• मनः (manaḥ) - this mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought (manas))

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

correlative adverb

Note: Forms a compound with eva.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

emphasizing particle

Note: Emphasizes yathā.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (puruṣa) (person, human being, cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, spirit, soul, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

स्नानदानादानादिकाः (snānadānādānādikāḥ) - activities like bathing, giving, and taking

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of snānadānādānādika

snānadānādānādika - beginning with (or including) bathing, giving, and taking/receiving

Compound ending with -ādika (etcetera, beginning with)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (snāna+dāna+ādāna+ādika)

• snāna – bathing, ablution
  noun (neuter)
  from root snā
  Root: snā (class 2)
• dāna – giving, gift, charity (dāna)
  noun (neuter)
  from root dā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• ādāna – taking, receiving, seizing
  noun (neuter)
  from ā-dā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etcetera
  adjective
  suffix ika from ādi

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, activities, deeds

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, performance, ritual

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of kurvan.

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - while performing (doing, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, performing, making

Present Active Participle

from root kṛ, present stem kurv- + śatṛ suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्कर्तृवैचित्र्यम् (tatkartṛvaicitryam) - the diversity inherent in those actions and agents (the diversity of that agent/doer, diversity inherent in those actions/agents)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatkartṛvaicitrya

tatkartṛvaicitrya - the diversity of that doer/agent, the variety of actions performed by agents

tat (that) + kartṛ (doer/agent) + vaicitrya (diversity)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tad+kartṛ+vaicitrya)

• tad – that, those
  pronoun (neuter)
  demonstrative pronoun
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ + tṛc suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vaicitrya – diversity, variety, wonderfulness
  noun (neuter)
  derived from citra + ṣyañ

Note: Object of eti.

एति (eti) - attains, experiences (he/she/it goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too (similarly, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix vat added to tad

इदम् (idam) - this (mind) (this (neuter singular nominative/accusative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to manaḥ.

मनः (manaḥ) - this mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought (manas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart, soul (manas)

derived from root man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the second clause.