योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-53, verse-5

स्वात्मांशैः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि भागशः ।
अहंकारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥ ५ ॥

svātmāṃśaiḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi bhāgaśaḥ ,
ahaṃkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate 5

5. sva-ātma-aṃśaiḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi bhāgaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātmā kartā aham iti manyate

5. ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātmā aham kartā iti manyate,
karmāṇi guṇaiḥ sva-ātma-aṃśaiḥ bhāgaśaḥ kriyamāṇāni

5. The self (ātman), deluded by ego (ahaṅkāra), believes 'I am the doer' of actions (karma) that are in reality performed in various ways by the qualities (guṇas) of intrinsic nature (prakṛti) through the parts of one's own being.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-आत्म-अंशैः (sva-ātma-aṁśaiḥ) - by the components or faculties of one's individual being (e.g., senses, mind) (by the parts of one's own self)

• क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, being done

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the guṇas (qualities of prakṛti) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

• भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, partially, severally

• अहङ्कार-विमूढ-आत्मा (ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātmā) - the self deluded by ego

• कर्ता (kartā) - the doer, agent

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks direct speech or thought)

• मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he believes

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-आत्म-अंशैः (sva-ātma-aṁśaiḥ) - by the components or faculties of one's individual being (e.g., senses, mind) (by the parts of one's own self)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva-ātma-aṃśa

sva-ātma-aṁśa - parts of one's own self/soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman+aṃśa)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual being
  noun (masculine)
• aṃśa – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)

क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, being done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being made, being performed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the guṇas (qualities of prakṛti) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, constituent (of prakṛti), attribute, virtue, strand

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, consequence of action

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, partially, severally

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कार-विमूढ-आत्मा (ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātmā) - the self deluded by ego

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātman

ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātman - the self/soul bewildered or deluded by ego

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+vimūḍha+ātman)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, sense of 'I'
  noun (masculine)
• vimūḍha – bewildered, deluded, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root muh (to be bewildered) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muh (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual being
  noun (masculine)

कर्ता (kartā) - the doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent noun from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks, he believes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Present Indicative

3rd person singular

Root: man (class 4)

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