योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-14

एवं किमाकृतिः को वा किमादेशश्च किंकृतः ।
किंरूपः किंमयः कोहं किं गृह्णामि त्यजामि किम् ॥ १४ ॥

evaṃ kimākṛtiḥ ko vā kimādeśaśca kiṃkṛtaḥ ,
kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃmayaḥ kohaṃ kiṃ gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim 14

14. evam kim akritiḥ kaḥ vā kim adesaḥ ca kim kṛtaḥ kim
rupaḥ kim mayaḥ kaḥ aham kim gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim

14. evam kim akritiḥ va kaḥ ca kim adesaḥ kim kṛtaḥ kim
rupaḥ kim mayaḥ kaḥ aham kim gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim

14. So, what is my form, or rather, who am I? What is the instruction [for me]? By what am I created? What is my true nature, and of what am I composed? Who am I? What do I accept, and what do I reject?

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अक्रितिः (akritiḥ) - form, shape, appearance

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• वा (vā) - or, either

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अदेसः (adesaḥ) - command, instruction, precept

• च (ca) - and

• किम् (kim) - by what?

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, done, created

• किम् (kim) - what?

• रुपः (rupaḥ) - form, nature, appearance

• किम् (kim) - of what?

• मयः (mayaḥ) - consisting of, made of, full of

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किम् (kim) - what?

• गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I grasp, I take, I accept

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I reject, I renounce

• किम् (kim) - what?

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

अक्रितिः (akritiḥ) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ākṛti

ākṛti - form, shape, appearance

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(interrogative pronoun)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

अदेसः (adesaḥ) - command, instruction, precept

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādeśa

ādeśa - command, instruction, precept

Prefix: ā

Root: diś (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - by what?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: (Implied by kṛtaḥ)

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made, done, created

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

रुपः (rupaḥ) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, nature, appearance

किम् (kim) - of what?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: (Implied by mayaḥ)

मयः (mayaḥ) - consisting of, made of, full of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maya

maya - consisting of, made of, full of

Suffix -maya, forming adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(interrogative pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I grasp, I take, I accept

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gṛh

Root: grah (class 9)

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I reject, I renounce

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

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