योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-82, verse-37

स्वयं तावद्भवानेष जडो नास्त्यत्र संशयः ।
जडस्य कीदृक्कर्तृत्वं नृत्यन्तीह कथं शिलाः ॥ ३७ ॥

svayaṃ tāvadbhavāneṣa jaḍo nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ ,
jaḍasya kīdṛkkartṛtvaṃ nṛtyantīha kathaṃ śilāḥ 37

37. svayam tāvat bhavān eṣaḥ jaḍaḥ na asti atra saṃśayaḥ
| jaḍasya kīdṛk kartṛtvam nṛtyanti iha katham śilāḥ ||

37. svayam bhavān eṣaḥ tāvat jaḍaḥ atra saṃśayaḥ na asti
jaḍasya kartṛtvam kīdṛk iha śilāḥ katham nṛtyanti

37. You yourself are certainly inert; there is no doubt about that. How can an inert entity possess agency? How do stones dance here?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so far, indeed, for a while, certainly

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful); Sir

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, unconscious, dull, insensible, lifeless

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• जडस्य (jaḍasya) - of the inert, of the unconscious

• कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind, what sort of, how

• कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - agency, doership, faculty of doing

• नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so far, indeed, for a while, certainly

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful); Sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), Sir, existent

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, unconscious, dull, insensible, lifeless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, unconscious, dull, insensible, lifeless

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

From prefix sam- (together) and root śī (to doubt).

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

जडस्य (jaḍasya) - of the inert, of the unconscious

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, unconscious, dull, insensible, lifeless

Note: Used here substantively, 'of an inert entity'.

कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind, what sort of, how

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛś

kīdṛś - of what kind, what sort of

कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - agency, doership, faculty of doing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartṛtva

kartṛtva - agency, doership, the state of being an agent

Derived from kartṛ (agent) with the abstract suffix -tva.

नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nṛt

Root: nṛt (class 4)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock