योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-5

आसक्तिमाहुः कर्तृत्वमकर्तुरपि तद्भवेत् ।
मौर्ख्यस्थिते हि मनसि तस्मान्मौर्ख्यं परित्यजेत् ॥ ५ ॥

āsaktimāhuḥ kartṛtvamakarturapi tadbhavet ,
maurkhyasthite hi manasi tasmānmaurkhyaṃ parityajet 5

5. āsaktim āhuḥ kartṛtvam akartuḥ api tat bhavet
maurkʰyasthite hi manasi tasmāt maurkʰyam parityajet

5. āsaktim kartṛtvam āhuḥ akartuḥ api tat maurkʰyasthite
manasi hi bhavet tasmāt maurkʰyam parityajet

5. They declare that attachment is doership. Even for the non-doer (ātman), that doership can arise when the mind is indeed steeped in ignorance. Therefore, one should abandon ignorance.

Words meanings summery:

• आसक्तिम् (āsaktim) - attachment, desire, clinging

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they state

• कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - doership, agency, the state of being a doer

• अकर्तुः (akartuḥ) - of the self (ātman), which is fundamentally a non-doer (of a non-doer, of one who is not an agent)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तत् (tat) - that doership (that)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, can be, might arise

• मौर्ख्यस्थिते (maurkhyasthite) - when situated in folly/ignorance, when fixed in foolishness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• मनसि (manasi) - in the mind

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, for that reason, from that

• मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - folly, ignorance, foolishness

• परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, one should give up, one should relinquish

Words meanings and morphology

आसक्तिम् (āsaktim) - attachment, desire, clinging

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āsakti

āsakti - attachment, devotion, preoccupation, desire, longing for

Prefix: ā

Root: sañj (class 1)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they state

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ā-vac/brū

root 'vac' or 'brū' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: vac/brū (class 2)

Note: Often used with a present sense in such contexts.

कर्तृत्वम् (kartṛtvam) - doership, agency, the state of being a doer

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kartṛtva

kartṛtva - doership, agency

derived from 'kartṛ' (doer) with the suffix '-tva' (forming abstract nouns)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kartṛ+tva)

• kartṛ – doer, agent, maker
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-tṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tva – state, condition, -ness, -hood (suffix for abstract nouns)
  indeclinable (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

अकर्तुः (akartuḥ) - of the self (ātman), which is fundamentally a non-doer (of a non-doer, of one who is not an agent)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, not an agent

negated form of 'kartṛ'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• kartṛ – doer, agent, maker
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-tṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that doership (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, can be, might arise

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मौर्ख्यस्थिते (maurkhyasthite) - when situated in folly/ignorance, when fixed in foolishness

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of maurkhyasthita

maurkhyasthita - situated in folly, fixed in ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maurkhya+sthita)

• maurkhya – folly, ignorance, stupidity, foolishness
  noun (neuter)
  derived from 'mūrkha' (foolish) with suffix '-ya'
• sthita – situated, standing, abiding, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'sthā'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'manasi'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

मनसि (manasi) - in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, heart

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, for that reason, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of the pronoun 'tad'

मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - folly, ignorance, foolishness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - folly, ignorance, stupidity, foolishness

derived from 'mūrkha' (foolish) with suffix '-ya'

परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, one should give up, one should relinquish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pari-tyaj

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)