योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-19

कुर्वन्नपि न कर्तासि सुषुप्त्यैकस्थया धिया ।
अकर्तापि च कर्तासि यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ १९ ॥

kurvannapi na kartāsi suṣuptyaikasthayā dhiyā ,
akartāpi ca kartāsi yathecchasi tathā kuru 19

19. kurvan api na kartā asi suṣuptyekasthayā dhiyā
akartā api ca kartā asi yathā icchasi tathā kuru

19. suṣuptyekasthayā dhiyā kurvan api na kartā asi
ca akartā api kartā asi yathā icchasi tathā kuru

19. Even while acting, you are not the actual doer (kartā) if your intellect (dhī) is steadfastly fixed in the singular state of deep sleep. Conversely, even when you are not acting, you are indeed the doer. Therefore, act as you desire.

Words meanings summery:

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, making

• अपि (api) - even if, though (also, even, indeed)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā)

• असि (asi) - you are

• सुषुप्त्येकस्थया (suṣuptyekasthayā) - by the one-pointedness of deep sleep, by an intellect fixed in the unity of deep sleep

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by mind (dhī)

• अकर्ता (akartā) - non-doer, one who is not the agent

• अपि (api) - even if, though (also, even, indeed)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā)

• असि (asi) - you are

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, accordingly

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

Words meanings and morphology

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, making

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, performing, making

Present Active Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make) + śatṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even if, though (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā), author

Agent noun

From √kṛ (to do, make) + tṛc suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate noun for asi.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

From √as (to be), present 2nd person singular active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

सुषुप्त्येकस्थया (suṣuptyekasthayā) - by the one-pointedness of deep sleep, by an intellect fixed in the unity of deep sleep

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of suṣuptyekasthā

suṣuptyekasthā - fixed in the oneness of deep sleep, one-pointed in deep sleep

Compound: suṣupti (deep sleep) + eka (one) + sthā (standing, fixed).

Compound type : karmadhāraya / tatpuruṣa (suṣupti+eka+sthā)

• suṣupti – deep sleep, dreamless sleep
  noun (feminine)
  From su-√svap.
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• eka – one, single, unique, alone
  pronoun/numeral/adjective (masculine)
• sthā – standing, situated, being, existing
  adjective/noun (feminine)
  Agent noun from √sthā.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by mind (dhī)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought, mind, meditation

From √dhyai or √dhī.

Root: dhī (class 1)

Note: Expresses the instrument or means.

अकर्ता (akartā) - non-doer, one who is not the agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, one who is not the agent, not the cause

Compound: a (negation) + kartṛ (doer).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• kartṛ – doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From √kṛ (to do, make) + tṛc suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate noun for asi.

अपि (api) - even if, though (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, creator (kartā), author

Agent noun

From √kṛ (to do, make) + tṛc suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate noun for asi.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

From √as (to be), present 2nd person singular active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active

From √iṣ (to wish), present 2nd person singular active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, accordingly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative

From √kṛ (to do, make), imperative 2nd person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)