योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-26

अकर्तृत्वपदं पीत्वा पीत्वेच्छामपि कुर्वतः ।
सर्वभावान्तरस्थस्य सर्वातीतस्य चात्मनः ॥ २६ ॥

akartṛtvapadaṃ pītvā pītvecchāmapi kurvataḥ ,
sarvabhāvāntarasthasya sarvātītasya cātmanaḥ 26

26. akartṛtvapadam pītvā pītvā icchām api kurvataḥ
sarvabhāvāntarasthasya sarvātītasya ca ātmanaḥ

26. akartṛtvapadam pītvā pītvā,
icchām api kurvataḥ,
sarvabhāvāntarasthasya,
ca sarvātītasya ātmanaḥ

26. Of the (ātman) that, having fully realized the state of non-doership, yet continues to act on desires, that resides within all phenomena (bhāva) yet transcends all.

Words meanings summery:

• अकर्तृत्वपदम् (akartṛtvapadam) - the state of non-doership

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having fully realized, having understood deeply (having drunk, having absorbed)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having repeatedly realized or absorbed (having drunk, having absorbed (repeated for emphasis))

• इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

• अपि (api) - even, also

• कुर्वतः (kurvataḥ) - of the one acting on desires (of the one doing/performing)

• सर्वभावान्तरस्थस्य (sarvabhāvāntarasthasya) - of the one located within all phenomena (bhāva) (of the one abiding within all states of existence/phenomena)

• सर्वातीतस्य (sarvātītasya) - of the one transcending all

• च (ca) - and

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

अकर्तृत्वपदम् (akartṛtvapadam) - the state of non-doership

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akartṛtvapada

akartṛtvapada - state of non-doership, status of non-agency

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (akartṛtva+pada)

• akartṛtva – non-doership, non-agency
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from a-kartṛ + tva
• pada – state, position, status, foot, word
  noun (neuter)

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having fully realized, having understood deeply (having drunk, having absorbed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) of root pā.

Root: pā (class 1)

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having repeatedly realized or absorbed (having drunk, having absorbed (repeated for emphasis))

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) of root pā. Repetition for emphasis.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis: 'again and again' or 'thoroughly'.

इच्छाम् (icchām) - desire, wish

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, intention

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

कुर्वतः (kurvataḥ) - of the one acting on desires (of the one doing/performing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, performing, making

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root kṛ, class 8.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmanaḥ'.

सर्वभावान्तरस्थस्य (sarvabhāvāntarasthasya) - of the one located within all phenomena (bhāva) (of the one abiding within all states of existence/phenomena)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvabhāvāntarastha

sarvabhāvāntarastha - abiding within all phenomena/states of being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhāva+antara+stha)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – being, existence, state, phenomenon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• antara – interior, within, inside
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, abiding, located in
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmanaḥ'.

सर्वातीतस्य (sarvātītasya) - of the one transcending all

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvātīta

sarvātīta - transcending all, beyond all

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+atīta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• atīta – passed, gone beyond, transcended, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past participle of root i with prefix ati.
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmanaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

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