योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-69

क्व जडैरुपलाकारैर्मिथ्याभ्रमभरोत्थितैः ।
मृगतृष्णामयैरेभिर्मनोभिः क्रियते क्रिया ॥ ६९ ॥

kva jaḍairupalākārairmithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ ,
mṛgatṛṣṇāmayairebhirmanobhiḥ kriyate kriyā 69

69. kva jaḍaiḥ upalākāraiḥ mithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ
mṛgatṛṣṇāmayaiḥ ebhiḥ manobhiḥ kriyate kriyā

69. kva jaḍaiḥ upalākāraiḥ mithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ
mṛgatṛṣṇāmayaiḥ ebhiḥ manobhiḥ kriyā kriyate

69. How can action (kriyā) be performed by these minds (manas) that are inert, stone-like, arisen from the burden of false delusion, and are made of mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā)?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

• जडैः (jaḍaiḥ) - by inert ones, by dull ones, by stupid ones

• उपलाकारैः (upalākāraiḥ) - by those having the form of stones, by stone-like ones

• मिथ्याभ्रमभरोत्थितैः (mithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ) - by those arisen from the burden/abundance of false delusion

• मृगतृष्णामयैः (mṛgatṛṣṇāmayaiḥ) - by those consisting of mirage

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

• मनोभिः (manobhiḥ) - by minds, by thoughts

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed, is created

• क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, performance, deed

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

(indeclinable)

जडैः (jaḍaiḥ) - by inert ones, by dull ones, by stupid ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, dull, stupid, cold, senseless

Root: jaḍ (class 1)

उपलाकारैः (upalākāraiḥ) - by those having the form of stones, by stone-like ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upalākāra

upalākāra - having the form of a stone, stone-like

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (upala+ākāra)

• upala – stone, rock, gem
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, aspect
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā-kṛ.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मिथ्याभ्रमभरोत्थितैः (mithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ) - by those arisen from the burden/abundance of false delusion

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mithyābhramabharotthita

mithyābhramabharotthita - arisen from the burden of false delusion

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mithyā+bhrama+bhara+utthita)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue, unreal
  indeclinable
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• bhara – burden, load, quantity, abundance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• utthita – arisen, risen, produced, caused
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with manobhiḥ.

मृगतृष्णामयैः (mṛgatṛṣṇāmayaiḥ) - by those consisting of mirage

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛgatṛṣṇāmaya

mṛgatṛṣṇāmaya - consisting of mirage, illusory like a mirage

derived with suffix maya

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇā+maya)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage, deer's thirst
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with manobhiḥ.

मनोभिः (manobhiḥ) - by minds, by thoughts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, thought, intention

Root: man (class 4)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed, is created

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Middle voice ending used for passive.

क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, performance, deed

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, performance, deed, rite

derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of passive verb kriyate.