योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-3, verse-12

रूपालोकमनस्कारान्कुर्वन्नपि न किंचन ।
ज्ञः करोत्यनुपादेयान्न ज्ञस्यैव हि कर्तृता ॥ १२ ॥

rūpālokamanaskārānkurvannapi na kiṃcana ,
jñaḥ karotyanupādeyānna jñasyaiva hi kartṛtā 12

12. rūpālokamanaskārān kurvan api na kiñcana jñaḥ
karoti anupādeyāt na jñasya eva hi kartṛtā

12. jñaḥ rūpālokamanaskārān kurvan api anupādeyāt
kiñcana na karoti hi kartṛtā jñasya eva na

12. Even while engaging in the perception of forms and mental impressions, the knower (jña) does not do anything at all, because these are not things to be grasped. For indeed, doership does not belong to the knower (jña).

Words meanings summery:

• रूपालोकमनस्कारान् (rūpālokamanaskārān) - forms, perceptions, mental impressions

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, making, performing

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, though

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything whatsoever, nothing

• ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - the knower, the conscious one

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• अनुपादेयात् (anupādeyāt) - from what is not to be accepted/grasped, because it is not to be grasped

• न (na) - not, no

• ज्ञस्य (jñasya) - of the knower

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency

Words meanings and morphology

रूपालोकमनस्कारान् (rūpālokamanaskārān) - forms, perceptions, mental impressions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rūpālokamanaskāra

rūpālokamanaskāra - forms, perceptions, and mental acts/impressions

Compound type : dvandva (rūpa+āloka+manaskāra)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – sight, vision, perception, light
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā' + root 'lok' (to see)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• manaskāra – attention, mental act, impression, application of mind
  noun (masculine)
  From 'manas' (mind) + 'kāra' (making, acting)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, making, performing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Active Participle

Present active participle (nominative singular masculine) of root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'jñaḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too, though

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything whatsoever, nothing

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything whatever, something, (with negation) nothing

From 'kim' (what) + 'cana' (a particle forming indefinite pronouns)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cana)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• cana – a particle used to make pronouns indefinite (e.g., 'someone', 'something')
  indeclinable

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nothing whatsoever'.

ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - the knower, the conscious one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knower, understanding; wise, intelligent, conscious

From root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice, present tense of root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अनुपादेयात् (anupādeyāt) - from what is not to be accepted/grasped, because it is not to be grasped

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anupādeya

anupādeya - not to be taken, not to be accepted, not to be grasped, not useful

Gerundive

Negative prefix 'an' + 'upādeya' (to be taken/accepted). 'upādeya' is gerundive of 'upā' + root 'dā' (to give)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+upādeya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• upādeya – to be taken, to be accepted, to be appropriated
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of 'upa' + 'ā' + root 'dā' (to give)
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Indicates reason or cause.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ज्ञस्य (jñasya) - of the knower

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knower, understanding; wise, intelligent, conscious

From root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kartṛtā

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

Derived from 'kartṛ' (doer, agent) with suffix 'tā' (abstract noun)