योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-53, verse-2

यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।
हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥ २ ॥

yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate ,
hatvāpi sa imāṃllokānna hanti na nibadhyate 2

2. yasya na ahaṅkṛtaḥ bhāvaḥ buddhiḥ yasya na lipyate
hatvā api saḥ imān lokān na hanti na nibadhyate

2. yasya bhāvaḥ ahaṅkṛtaḥ na yasya buddhiḥ na lipyate
saḥ imān lokān hatvā api na hanti na nibadhyate

2. One whose disposition (bhāva) is not motivated by ego (ahaṅkāra), and whose intellect (buddhi) remains untainted, even if such a person slays these worlds (or beings), he does not truly slay, nor is he bound.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• न (na) - not, no

• अहङ्कृतः (ahaṅkṛtaḥ) - done by ego, egoistic

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state, disposition, nature, action, feeling

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• न (na) - not, no

• लिप्यते (lipyate) - is smeared, is tainted, is attached

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

• अपि (api) - even, also

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• इमान् (imān) - these

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, people, beings

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, slays

• न (na) - not, no

• निबध्यते (nibadhyate) - is bound, is fettered

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Possessive, referring to the person being described.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कृतः (ahaṅkṛtaḥ) - done by ego, egoistic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkṛta

ahaṅkṛta - done by ego, arising from ego, egoistic

Past Passive Participle

Compound: ahaṅkāra (ego) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+kṛta)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
  From aham (I) + kṛ (to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying bhāvaḥ.

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state, disposition, nature, action, feeling

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state, existence, disposition, nature, feeling, action

From root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, discernment

From root budh (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Possessive, referring to the same person.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लिप्यते (lipyate) - is smeared, is tainted, is attached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lip

Present Indicative, Passive Voice

Root lip (to smear), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: lip (class 6)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root han (to strike, kill) with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Denotes a prior action.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of the main clause.

इमान् (imān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Adjective for lokān.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, people, beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, beings

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Object of hanti.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, slays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Present Indicative

Root han (to kill), present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निबध्यते (nibadhyate) - is bound, is fettered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ni-bandh

Present Indicative, Passive Voice

Root bandh (to bind) with prefix ni, present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)