योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-59, verse-13

को नु भूत्वाऽनुबध्नामि वृत्तिं कथमवाप धीः ।
आद्यमध्यान्तमानानि संकल्पकलनान्यहम् ॥ १३ ॥

ko nu bhūtvā'nubadhnāmi vṛttiṃ kathamavāpa dhīḥ ,
ādyamadhyāntamānāni saṃkalpakalanānyaham 13

13. kaḥ nu bhūtvā anubadhnāmi vṛttim katham avāpa dhīḥ
ādya madhya anta mānāni saṃkalpa kalanāni aham

13. katham dhīḥ avāpa? kaḥ nu bhūtvā vṛttim anubadhnāmi?
aham ādya madhya anta mānāni saṃkalpa kalanāni

13. Having become what (kind of being), do I then bind myself to activities? How did this intellect (dhī) come to attain (this state)? I am these mental determinations (saṃkalpa-kalanā) that measure existence in terms of beginning, middle, and end.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who; what

• नु (nu) - indeed; now; then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; being

• अनुबध्नामि (anubadhnāmi) - I bind; I attach; I connect

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity; modification; function; state

• कथम् (katham) - how; in what manner

• अवाप (avāpa) - obtained; attained

• धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect; understanding; mind

• आद्य (ādya) - first; original; beginning

• मध्य (madhya) - middle; central

• अन्त (anta) - end; limit; conclusion

• मानानि (mānāni) - measures; estimations; objects of knowledge

• संकल्प (saṁkalpa) - intention; resolve; mental formation

• कलनानि (kalanāni) - calculations; conceptions; mental creations

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who; what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

नु (nu) - indeed; now; then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; being

(indeclinable)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed from root 'bhū' + 'tvā' suffix

अनुबध्नामि (anubadhnāmi) - I bind; I attach; I connect

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anubandh

Prefix: anu

Root: bandh (class 9)

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity; modification; function; state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - activity, modification, function, state, mode, course of conduct, livelihood

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how; in what manner

(indeclinable)

अवाप (avāpa) - obtained; attained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect / aorist (liṭ) of avāp

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect; understanding; mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, mind, thought, reflection, wisdom

आद्य (ādya) - first; original; beginning

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, primary, original, ancient, initial

मध्य (madhya) - middle; central

(adjective)

neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate

अन्त (anta) - end; limit; conclusion

(noun)

neuter, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion, boundary, vicinity

मानानि (mānāni) - measures; estimations; objects of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of māna

māna - measure, dimension, standard, estimation, pride, respect, object of knowledge

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (ādya+madhya+anta+māna)

• ādya – first, primary, original, ancient, initial
  adjective (masculine)
• madhya – middle, central, intermediate
  adjective (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, conclusion, boundary, vicinity
  noun (masculine)
• māna – measure, dimension, standard, estimation, object of knowledge
  noun (neuter)

संकल्प (saṁkalpa) - intention; resolve; mental formation

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - intention, resolve, volition, mental formation, conception, imagination

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कलनानि (kalanāni) - calculations; conceptions; mental creations

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kalana

kalana - calculating, computing, conceiving, creation, imagination

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃkalpa+kalana)

• saṃkalpa – intention, resolve, volition, mental formation, conception, imagination
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• kalana – calculating, computing, conceiving, creation, imagination
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kal (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)