योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-50, verse-6

कथं घटादिबाह्यत्वमिन्द्रियाणि जडान्यपि ।
शरीरेऽनुभवन्त्यन्तःपुनर्नानुभवन्त्यपि ॥ ६ ॥

kathaṃ ghaṭādibāhyatvamindriyāṇi jaḍānyapi ,
śarīre'nubhavantyantaḥpunarnānubhavantyapi 6

6. katham ghaṭādi-bāhyatvam indriyāṇi jaḍāni api
śarīre anubhavanti antaḥ punaḥ na anubhavanti api

6. katham indriyāṇi jaḍāni api ghaṭādi-bāhyatvam
śarīre antaḥ anubhavanti punaḥ na anubhavanti api

6. How is it that the senses, even though inert, perceive the externality of pots and other objects within the body, and yet they themselves do not perceive (their own nature or the process of perception)?

Words meanings summery:

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

• घटादि-बाह्यत्वम् (ghaṭādi-bāhyatvam) - the externality of pots and other things

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of sense

• जडानि (jaḍāni) - inert, unconscious, dull

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• अनुभवन्ति (anubhavanti) - they experience, they perceive

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, inside

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, on the other hand

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुभवन्ति (anubhavanti) - they experience, they perceive

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

घटादि-बाह्यत्वम् (ghaṭādi-bāhyatvam) - the externality of pots and other things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghaṭādi-bāhyatva

ghaṭādi-bāhyatva - the state of being external to pots and similar objects

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghaṭādi+bāhyatva)

• ghaṭādi – pots etc., beginning with a pot
  noun (neuter)
• bāhyatva – externality, the state of being external
  noun (neuter)
  derived from `bāhya` (external) + `tva` (suffix for abstract noun)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of sense

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty

जडानि (jaḍāni) - inert, unconscious, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, senseless, stupid, dull, cold

Note: Agrees with indriyāṇi.

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, physical form

अनुभवन्ति (anubhavanti) - they experience, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anubhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, inside

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of antar

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुभवन्ति (anubhavanti) - they experience, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anubhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)