योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-25

अचेतनोऽपि कुरुते कर्म यन्त्रपुमानिव ।
एवमाद्यास्तथान्ये च विचित्रारम्भविभ्रमाः ॥ २५ ॥

acetano'pi kurute karma yantrapumāniva ,
evamādyāstathānye ca vicitrārambhavibhramāḥ 25

25. acetanaḥ api kurute karma yantrapumān iva
evamādyāḥ tathā anye ca vicitrārambhavibhramāḥ

25. acetanaḥ api yantrapumān iva karma kurute
evamādyāḥ tathā anye ca vicitrārambhavibhramāḥ

25. Even an inanimate object performs actions (karma) as if it were a mechanical man. In this way, these and other bewildering illusions begin with such wondrous manifestations.

Words meanings summery:

• अचेतनः (acetanaḥ) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

• अपि (api) - even, also

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does, makes

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

• यन्त्रपुमान् (yantrapumān) - mechanical man, automaton, robot

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• एवमाद्याः (evamādyāḥ) - of this kind, such as these

• तथा (tathā) - and also, similarly, likewise

• अन्ये (anye) - other (ones)

• च (ca) - and

• विचित्रारम्भविभ्रमाः (vicitrārambhavibhramāḥ) - bewildering illusions with wondrous manifestations/beginnings

Words meanings and morphology

अचेतनः (acetanaḥ) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, insentient, non-sentient

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does, makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of actions (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यन्त्रपुमान् (yantrapumān) - mechanical man, automaton, robot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yantrapumat

yantrapumat - mechanical man, automaton

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yantra+pumat)

• yantra – machine, instrument, device
  noun (neuter)
• pumat – man, male, person
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

एवमाद्याः (evamādyāḥ) - of this kind, such as these

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of evamādi

evamādi - beginning thus, of this sort, and so on

Compound type : karmadhāraya or bahuvrīhi (evam+ādi)

• evam – thus, in this manner
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies implied 'illusions' from the previous verse.

तथा (tathā) - and also, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - other (ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विचित्रारम्भविभ्रमाः (vicitrārambhavibhramāḥ) - bewildering illusions with wondrous manifestations/beginnings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vicitrārambhavibhrama

vicitrārambhavibhrama - illusion of a wonderful beginning/manifestation, bewilderingly commencing illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicitra+ārambha+vibhrama)

• vicitra – varied, wonderful, strange, curious
  adjective (masculine)
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, commencement, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)
• vibhrama – confusion, error, illusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)