योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-154, verse-3

यथाप्राप्तस्य कर्तास्मि न कर्तास्मि कदाचन ।
स्वयमेव हि यो व्योम कर्तृता तस्य कीदृशी ॥ ३ ॥

yathāprāptasya kartāsmi na kartāsmi kadācana ,
svayameva hi yo vyoma kartṛtā tasya kīdṛśī 3

3. yathāprāptasya kartā asmi na kartā asmi kadācana
svayam eva hi yaḥ vyoma kartṛtā tasya kīdṛśī

3. aham yathāprāptasya kartā asmi kadācana kartā na
asmi hi yaḥ svayam eva vyoma tasya kartṛtā kīdṛśī

3. "I am the doer of what naturally arises, yet I am never the doer at all. For how can there be doership for that which is inherently like the vast space (vyoma) itself?"

Words meanings summery:

• यथाप्राप्तस्य (yathāprāptasya) - of that which is obtained as it comes, of what naturally occurs

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

• कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency, the state of being a doer

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

Words meanings and morphology

यथाप्राप्तस्य (yathāprāptasya) - of that which is obtained as it comes, of what naturally occurs

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of yathāprāpta

yathāprāpta - as obtained, as it comes, according to what has been obtained

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+prāpta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• prāpta – obtained, reached, arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra-'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent

Agent Noun

Derived from root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present tense (Laṭ lakāra) form of 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'kadā' (when) and 'cana' (even).

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space

कर्तृता (kartṛtā) - doership, agency, the state of being a doer

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kartṛtā

kartṛtā - doership, agency, the state of being an agent

Derived from 'kartṛ' with suffix '-tā'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind or sort, what like