योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-7

सर्वेन्द्रियविहीनात्मा कर्तेव स जडोपमः ।
अकर्तृ च तदा मन्ये काकतालीयवज्जगत् ॥ ७ ॥

sarvendriyavihīnātmā karteva sa jaḍopamaḥ ,
akartṛ ca tadā manye kākatālīyavajjagat 7

7. sarvendriyavihīnātmā kartā iva saḥ jaḍa upamaḥ
akartṛ ca tadā manye kākatālīyavat jagat

7. saḥ sarvendriyavihīnātmā jaḍa upamaḥ kartā
iva ca tadā jagat kākatālīyavat akartṛ manye

7. The self (ātman), though devoid of all senses, is like an inert object, yet it is as if a doer. I therefore consider the world (jagat) to be a non-doer, like a sudden, accidental event.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेन्द्रियविहीनात्मा (sarvendriyavihīnātmā) - self devoid of all senses

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent, creator

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• सः (saḥ) - referring to the self (ātman) (he, that)

• जड (jaḍa) - inert, lifeless, dull, stupid

• उपमः (upamaḥ) - likeness, comparison (functioning as part of the simile) (likeness, comparison, simile; similar, like)

• अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, inactive, not acting

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तदा (tadā) - therefore (then, at that time, therefore)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like a crow and a palm fruit, by chance, accidentally

• जगत् (jagat) - the universe or phenomenal existence (world, universe, moving)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेन्द्रियविहीनात्मा (sarvendriyavihīnātmā) - self devoid of all senses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvendriyavihīnātman

sarvendriyavihīnātman - self (ātman) devoid of all senses

Compound of 'sarva' (all), 'indriya' (sense organ), 'vihīna' (devoid of), and 'ātman' (self).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarvendriyavihīna+ātman)

• sarvendriyavihīna – devoid of all senses
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'sarva' (all), 'indriya' (sense organ), and 'vihīna' (devoid of).
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual essence
  noun (masculine)

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent, creator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator, author

agent noun

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix -tṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - referring to the self (ātman) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जड (jaḍa) - inert, lifeless, dull, stupid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, lifeless, dull, stupid, cold

उपमः (upamaḥ) - likeness, comparison (functioning as part of the simile) (likeness, comparison, simile; similar, like)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upama

upama - likeness, comparison, simile; similar, like, comparable

Prefix: upa

Root: mā (class 3)

अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, inactive, not acting

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, not acting, inactive

Negative compound of 'a' (not) and 'kartṛ' (doer).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix -tṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - therefore (then, at that time, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun 'tad' with the suffix -dā.

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

present indicative, first person, singular, middle voice

Root 'man' (class 4) in present indicative middle voice.

Root: man (class 4)

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like a crow and a palm fruit, by chance, accidentally

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'kākatālīya' (crow-palm fruit coincidence) with the suffix '-vat' (like).

जगत् (jagat) - the universe or phenomenal existence (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, that which moves

present active participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with suffix -at. Originally a participle, commonly used as a neuter noun.

Root: gam (class 1)