योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-16

अव्यापृता व्यापृता वा धिया धवलयेद्धया ।
प्रेक्षे तावत्स्वमात्मानं किमहं स्यामिति स्वयम् ॥ १६ ॥

avyāpṛtā vyāpṛtā vā dhiyā dhavalayeddhayā ,
prekṣe tāvatsvamātmānaṃ kimahaṃ syāmiti svayam 16

16. avyāpṛtā vyāpṛtā vā dhiyā dhavalayet dhayā prekṣe
tāvat svam ātmānam kim aham syām iti svayam

16. avyāpṛtā vā vyāpṛtā dhiyā,
(kaścit) dhayā dhavalayet.
tāvat aham svayam svam ātmānam prekṣe,
iti kim aham syām.

16. Whether one is unengaged or engaged through the intellect, one should purify (the consciousness) by means of the intellect. Meanwhile, I shall personally examine my own self (ātman), (asking), "What might I be?"

Words meanings summery:

• अव्यापृता (avyāpṛtā) - unengaged (consciousness/mind) (unengaged, inactive)

• व्यापृता (vyāpṛtā) - engaged (consciousness/mind) (engaged, active)

• वा (vā) - or

• धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, through thought

• धवलयेत् (dhavalayet) - one should purify (the consciousness/mind) (one should purify, it should make white)

• धया (dhayā) - by the intellect, by wisdom

• प्रेक्षे (prekṣe) - I shall examine (myself) (I observe, I examine, I perceive)

• तावत् (tāvat) - first, for now (meanwhile, first, just so much)

• स्वम् (svam) - own, my own

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• स्याम् (syām) - I might be, may I be

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote or thought (thus, so)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

Words meanings and morphology

अव्यापृता (avyāpṛtā) - unengaged (consciousness/mind) (unengaged, inactive)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avyāpṛta

avyāpṛta - unengaged, inactive, not busy

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Derived from √pṛ (to fill) with prefixes 'a-' (neg.) and 'vi-ā-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyāpṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vyāpṛta – engaged, occupied, active
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √pṛ (to fill) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'ā-'.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to an implicit feminine noun like buddhi (intellect) or prajñā (wisdom), or the person's state described with a feminine ending.

व्यापृता (vyāpṛtā) - engaged (consciousness/mind) (engaged, active)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyāpṛta

vyāpṛta - engaged, occupied, active, busy

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √pṛ (to fill) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to an implicit feminine noun like buddhi (intellect) or prajñā (wisdom), or the person's state described with a feminine ending.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, through thought

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, thought, understanding, wisdom

धवलयेत् (dhavalayet) - one should purify (the consciousness/mind) (one should purify, it should make white)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dhavalay

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice (causal)

Formed from the causal of √dhaval (to be white).

Root: dhaval (class 0)

धया (dhayā) - by the intellect, by wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, thought, understanding, wisdom

Note: Instrumental singular of `dhī`, synonymous with `dhiyā`. Its repetition in the verse is unusual but maintained as per input.

प्रेक्षे (prekṣe) - I shall examine (myself) (I observe, I examine, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prekṣ

Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Formed from √īkṣ (to see) with prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - first, for now (meanwhile, first, just so much)

(indeclinable)

स्वम् (svam) - own, my own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

स्याम् (syām) - I might be, may I be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood, 1st person singular, active voice

Formed from the root √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote or thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

(indeclinable)