योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-39, verse-23

मूर्तो यथा स्वसदृशैः करोत्यवयवैः क्रियाः ।
आत्मभूतैस्तथा भूतैश्चिदाकाशमकर्तृ सत् ॥ २३ ॥

mūrto yathā svasadṛśaiḥ karotyavayavaiḥ kriyāḥ ,
ātmabhūtaistathā bhūtaiścidākāśamakartṛ sat 23

23. mūrtaḥ yathā sva-sadṛśaiḥ karoti avayavaiḥ kriyāḥ
ātma-bhūtaiḥ tathā bhūtaiḥ cit-ākāśam akartṛ sat

23. yathā mūrtaḥ sva-sadṛśaiḥ avayavaiḥ kriyāḥ karoti,
tathā sat akartṛ cit-ākāśam ātma-bhūtaiḥ bhūtaiḥ (kriyāḥ karoti)

23. Just as an embodied being performs actions through its own corresponding limbs, similarly the consciousness-space (cidākāśa), which is pure existence (sat) and fundamentally a non-doer (akartṛ), operates through beings that have become one with its Self (ātman).

23. כשם שישות בעלת גוף מבצעת פעולות בעזרת איבריה התואמים לה, כך גם מרחב התודעה הטהורה, אף שאינו עושה דבר, פועל דרך אלמנטים שהם חלק מעצמו.

Words meanings summery:

• मूर्तः (mūrtaḥ) - embodied, manifested

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

• स्व-सदृशैः (sva-sadṛśaiḥ) - with its own similar parts

• करोति (karoti) - performs, does, makes

• अवयवैः (avayavaiḥ) - with parts, with limbs, with components

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, deeds, activities

• आत्म-भूतैः (ātma-bhūtaiḥ) - with those that have become the Self, with self-existent beings

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - with beings, with elements, with creatures

• चित्-आकाशम् (cit-ākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

• अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, inactive, not an agent

• सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, pure existence

Words meanings and morphology

मूर्तः (mūrtaḥ) - embodied, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrta

mūrta - embodied, materialized, concrete, solid

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root mūrcch (to become rigid, congeal, take form) with the kta (past passive participle) suffix.

Root: mūrcch (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

स्व-सदृशैः (sva-sadṛśaiḥ) - with its own similar parts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva-sadṛśa

sva-sadṛśa - similar to oneself, one's own similar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+sadṛśa)

• sva – self, own, one's own
  pronoun
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling, equal to
  adjective
  From upasarga sam + root dṛś + suffix a (karta-bhāve)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'avayavaiḥ'.

करोति (karoti) - performs, does, makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अवयवैः (avayavaiḥ) - with parts, with limbs, with components

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, member, limb, component

From ava + yava (portion, part), derived from yu 'to join'.

Prefix: ava

Root: yu (class 2)

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, deeds, activities

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, performance, ritual

From root kṛ (to do) + suffix ya (feminine)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आत्म-भूतैः (ātma-bhūtaiḥ) - with those that have become the Self, with self-existent beings

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ātma-bhūta

ātma-bhūta - become the Self, being the Self, self-existent, of the nature of the Self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ātman+bhūta)

• ātman – Self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, existed, being, creature, element
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, to become) with suffix kta (past participle).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhūtaiḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also

(indeclinable)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - with beings, with elements, with creatures

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, to become) with suffix kta (past participle).

Root: bhū (class 1)

चित्-आकाशम् (cit-ākāśam) - consciousness-space, ether of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cit-ākāśa

cit-ākāśa - the space of consciousness, the ether of pure intelligence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, understanding, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, to understand)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky, atmosphere
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + kāś (to appear, shine), or from root kāś with ā preposition.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

अकर्तृ (akartṛ) - non-doer, inactive, not an agent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - non-doer, inactive, not an agent, free from action

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator, performer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root kṛ (to do) + tṛ (agent suffix).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, pure existence

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good, being, reality, truth

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root as (to be) with the śatṛ (present active participle) suffix.

Root: as (class 2)

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