योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-13

अकर्तृ कुर्वदप्येतच्चेतः प्रतनुवासनम् ।
दूरं गतमना जन्तुः कथासंश्रवणे यथा ॥ १३ ॥

akartṛ kurvadapyetaccetaḥ pratanuvāsanam ,
dūraṃ gatamanā jantuḥ kathāsaṃśravaṇe yathā 13

13. akartṛ kurvat api etat cetaḥ pratanuvāsanam
dūraṃ gatamanāḥ jantuḥ kathāsaṃśravaṇe yathā

13. pratanuvāsanam etat cetaḥ kurvat api akartṛ
yathā jantuḥ kathāsaṃśravaṇe dūraṃ gatamanāḥ

13. Even when acting, this mind with extremely subtle latent impressions (vāsanā) is effectively a non-doer (akartṛ), just as a person's consciousness (manas) wanders far away while listening to a story.

Words meanings summery:

• अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, non-agent

• कुर्वत् (kurvat) - doing, acting, performing (while doing)

• अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

• एतत् (etat) - this, this (mind)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

• प्रतनुवासनम् (pratanuvāsanam) - with extremely subtle/weak latent impressions (vāsanā)

• दूरं (dūraṁ) - far, far away

• गतमनाः (gatamanāḥ) - whose mind has gone away, absent-minded

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature, person

• कथासंश्रवणे (kathāsaṁśravaṇe) - in listening to a story, during story hearing

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like, for example

Words meanings and morphology

अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, non-agent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, non-agent, not a maker

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kartṛ – doer, agent, maker
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root kṛ (to do, to make) with tṛc suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुर्वत् (kurvat) - doing, acting, performing (while doing)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle

From root kṛ (to do, to make), parasmaipada, present tense, śatṛ suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, although, too

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this (mind)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

प्रतनुवासनम् (pratanuvāsanam) - with extremely subtle/weak latent impressions (vāsanā)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratanuvāsana

pratanuvāsana - having very subtle latent impressions; whose vāsanā are very attenuated

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pratanu+vāsanā)

• pratanu – very subtle, very slender, extremely thin
  adjective (neuter)
  pra (very) + tanu (subtle, thin)
  Prefix: pra
• vāsanā – latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

दूरं (dūraṁ) - far, far away

(indeclinable)

गतमनाः (gatamanāḥ) - whose mind has gone away, absent-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gatamana

gatamana - whose mind has gone, absent-minded, distracted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+manas)

• gata – gone, arrived, attained, reached
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, person

Root: jan (class 4)

कथासंश्रवणे (kathāsaṁśravaṇe) - in listening to a story, during story hearing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kathāsaṃśravaṇa

kathāsaṁśravaṇa - listening to a story, hearing a narration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kathā+saṃśravaṇa)

• kathā – story, tale, narration
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kath (class 10)
• saṃśravaṇa – hearing, listening, proclaiming
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root śru (to hear) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śru (class 5)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like, for example

(indeclinable)