योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-13

चेतनं कर्म तत्स्वान्तर्न्निर्मूलं भ्रमयक्षवत् ।
उदेत्यहेतुकं तच्चेन्नोदितं तन्न विद्यते ॥ १३ ॥

cetanaṃ karma tatsvāntarnnirmūlaṃ bhramayakṣavat ,
udetyahetukaṃ taccennoditaṃ tanna vidyate 13

13. cetanam karma tat-sva-antar nirmūlam bhrama-yakṣavat
| udeti ahetukam tat cet na uditam tat na vidyate

13. cetanam karma tat-sva-antar nirmūlam bhrama-yakṣavat udeti.
tat cet ahetukam (udeti),
tat na uditam (cet),
tat na vidyate

13. Conscious activity (cetanam karma) arises within itself, rootless, like an illusory spirit (bhrama-yakṣavat). If that (activity) were to arise without cause (ahetukam), then, if it has not yet arisen, it simply does not exist.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious (activity) (conscious, sentient, intelligent)

• कर्म (karma) - activity (mental activity, experience) (action, deed, work, effect of action)

• तत्-स्व-अन्तर् (tat-sva-antar) - within its own (nature/essence) (within itself, inside its own being)

• निर्मूलम् (nirmūlam) - rootless, baseless, without foundation

• भ्रम-यक्षवत् (bhrama-yakṣavat) - like an illusion-demon, like a delusive spirit

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, rises, appears

• अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without cause, causeless

• तत् (tat) - that action/activity (that)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• न (na) - not, no

• उदितम् (uditam) - not having arisen (yet) (arisen, risen, appeared)

• तत् (tat) - that action/activity (that)

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present, is found

Words meanings and morphology

चेतनम् (cetanam) - conscious (activity) (conscious, sentient, intelligent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, intelligent, sentient, living

From root 'cit' (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

कर्म (karma) - activity (mental activity, experience) (action, deed, work, effect of action)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, effect of action (karma), ritual act

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्-स्व-अन्तर् (tat-sva-antar) - within its own (nature/essence) (within itself, inside its own being)

(indeclinable)

'tat' (that) + 'sva' (own) + 'antar' (within)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (tad+sva+antar)

• tad – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• antar – within, inside
  indeclinable

Note: Syntactically functioning as a locative.

निर्मूलम् (nirmūlam) - rootless, baseless, without foundation

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirmūla

nirmūla - rootless, baseless, without foundation, eradicated

'nir' (without) + 'mūla' (root)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nir+mūla)

• nir – without, out, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

भ्रम-यक्षवत् (bhrama-yakṣavat) - like an illusion-demon, like a delusive spirit

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrama-yakṣavat

bhrama-yakṣavat - like an illusory spirit/demon

'bhrama-yakṣa' (illusion-demon) + 'vat' (like, as)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+yakṣa)

• bhrama – error, illusion, delusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhram' (to wander, to err)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• yakṣa – yaksha (a class of benevolent but sometimes mischievous nature spirits or demons), spirit, apparition
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to qualify 'karma's nature.

उदेति (udeti) - arises, rises, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ud-i

Present Active

From root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अहेतुकम् (ahetukam) - without cause, causeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahetuka

ahetuka - causeless, without cause or reason

'a' (negation) + 'hetu' (cause) + 'ka' (suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hetu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that action/activity (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'karma'.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Connects a conditional clause.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उदितम् (uditam) - not having arisen (yet) (arisen, risen, appeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ud-ita

ud-ita - risen, arisen, appeared, said

Past Passive Participle

From root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'ud', and 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that action/activity (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'karma'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (lat) of vid

Present Middle

Passive form of 'vid' (to be) or middle form of 'vid' (to know). Here, 'to be/exist'.

Root: vid (class 4)