योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-3

कियत्तन्नाम निर्वाणं वरं संसृतिरेव मे ।
इतिकर्तव्यकर्ता यः स प्रवृत्त इति स्मृतः ॥ ३ ॥

kiyattannāma nirvāṇaṃ varaṃ saṃsṛtireva me ,
itikartavyakartā yaḥ sa pravṛtta iti smṛtaḥ 3

3. kiyat tat nāma nirvāṇam varam saṃsṛtiḥ eva me
iti itikartavyakartā yaḥ saḥ pravṛttaḥ iti smṛtaḥ

3. kiyat tat nāma nirvāṇam me saṃsṛtiḥ eva varam
iti yaḥ itikartavyakartā saḥ pravṛttaḥ iti smṛtaḥ

3. "What is this thing called final liberation (nirvāṇa)? For me, worldly existence (saṃsāra) itself is better!" A person who acts out of a sense of duty, thinking this way, is considered "engaged" (pravṛtta).

Words meanings summery:

• कियत् (kiyat) - what (in an interrogative or exclamatory sense) (how much, what kind of, what)

• तत् (tat) - this (referring to the concept of nirvāṇa) (that, it)

• नाम (nāma) - called, indeed (an intensifier or qualifier for an appellation) (by name, indeed, what is called)

• निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - final liberation (nirvāṇa) (liberation, extinction, blowing out)

• वरम् (varam) - better, preferable (better, excellent, desirable)

• संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of rebirth)

• एव (eva) - indeed, even, only (only, just, indeed)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing or concluding a quote) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)

• इतिकर्तव्यकर्ता (itikartavyakartā) - one who performs their duties (doer of what ought to be done, one who performs duties)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - called 'engaged' (engaged, active, involved)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding as a designation) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is considered, known as (remembered, considered, known as)

Words meanings and morphology

कियत् (kiyat) - what (in an interrogative or exclamatory sense) (how much, what kind of, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiyat

kiyat - how much, how great, what kind of

तत् (tat) - this (referring to the concept of nirvāṇa) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

नाम (nāma) - called, indeed (an intensifier or qualifier for an appellation) (by name, indeed, what is called)

(indeclinable)

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - final liberation (nirvāṇa) (liberation, extinction, blowing out)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - blowing out, extinction, final liberation, complete stillness

From niḥ- + root vā (to blow)

Prefix: nis

Root: vā (class 2)

वरम् (varam) - better, preferable (better, excellent, desirable)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, desirable, a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of rebirth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - flowing together, course, transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of rebirth

From sam- + root sṛ (to flow)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, even, only (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Here in dative case, meaning 'for me'.

इति (iti) - thus (introducing or concluding a quote) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)

(indeclinable)

इतिकर्तव्यकर्ता (itikartavyakartā) - one who performs their duties (doer of what ought to be done, one who performs duties)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itikartavyakartṛ

itikartavyakartṛ - doer of what ought to be done, one who performs duties

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (itikartavya+kartṛ)

• itikartavya – what ought to be done, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Compound of iti (thus) and kartavya (to be done); meaning 'that which is to be done', hence duty.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kartṛ – doer, agent, performer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root kṛ with -tṛ suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yaḥ'.

प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - called 'engaged' (engaged, active, involved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - engaged, begun, active, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

From pra- + root vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to 'a person who is engaged'.

इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding as a designation) (thus, so, indicates direct speech)

(indeclinable)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is considered, known as (remembered, considered, known as)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, known as

Past Passive Participle

from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Often used like 'is said' or 'is declared'.