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6,37

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-16

ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः कर्तृताऽकर्तृतापि च ।
इत्यादिकानां शक्तीनामन्तो नास्ति शिवात्मनः ॥ १६ ॥
jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ kartṛtā'kartṛtāpi ca ,
ityādikānāṃ śaktīnāmanto nāsti śivātmanaḥ 16
16. jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ kartṛtā akartṛtā api ca
iti ādikānām śaktīnām antaḥ na asti śivātmanaḥ
16. śivātmanaḥ jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ kartṛtā akartṛtā
api ca iti ādikānām śaktīnām antaḥ na asti
16. The Śiva-self (śivātman) possesses countless powers, such as the power of knowledge, the power of action, the capacity for agency, and even non-agency. There is no end to these powers of the Śiva-self.

Words meanings summery:

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  • ज्ञानशक्तिः (jñānaśaktiḥ) - power of knowledge
  • क्रियाशक्तिः (kriyāśaktiḥ) - power of action
  • कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency
  • अकर्तृता (akartṛtā) - non-doership, non-agency
  • अपि (api) - also, even, too
  • (ca) - and
  • इति (iti) - thus, so, which means, indicating conclusion
  • आदिकानाम् (ādikānām) - of these and others, beginning with these
  • शक्तीनाम् (śaktīnām) - of powers
  • अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, limit
  • (na) - not, no
  • अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
  • शिवात्मनः (śivātmanaḥ) - of the Śiva-self, of the self that is Śiva

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञानशक्तिः (jñānaśaktiḥ) - power of knowledge
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jñānaśakti
jñānaśakti - power of knowledge
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+śakti)
  • jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
    noun (neuter)
    Root: jñā (class 9)
  • śakti – power, energy, strength, capacity
    noun (feminine)
    Root: śak (class 5)
क्रियाशक्तिः (kriyāśaktiḥ) - power of action
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyāśakti
kriyāśakti - power of action
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kriyā+śakti)
  • kriyā – action, activity, performance
    noun (feminine)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • śakti – power, energy, strength, capacity
    noun (feminine)
    Root: śak (class 5)
कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kartṛtā
kartṛtā - doership, agency, the state of being a doer
Derived from kartṛ (agent) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)
अकर्तृता (akartṛtā) - non-doership, non-agency
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of akartṛtā
akartṛtā - non-doership, non-agency, the state of not being a doer
Derived from a- (negation) + kartṛtā (doership)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛtā)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
  • kartṛtā – doership, agency
    noun (feminine)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
इति (iti) - thus, so, which means, indicating conclusion
(indeclinable)
आदिकानाम् (ādikānām) - of these and others, beginning with these
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, plural of ādika
ādika - beginning with, and so on, and others, etc.
शक्तीनाम् (śaktīnām) - of powers
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of śakti
śakti - power, energy, strength, capacity
Root: śak (class 5)
अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, limit
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anta
anta - end, limit, boundary, conclusion
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Root: as (class 2)
शिवात्मनः (śivātmanaḥ) - of the Śiva-self, of the self that is Śiva
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of śivātman
śivātman - the self that is Śiva, the supreme self identified with Śiva
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiva+ātman)
  • śiva – auspicious, benevolent; (as noun) Śiva (a deity)
    noun (masculine)
  • ātman – self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul, essence
    noun (masculine)
    Root: an (class 2)