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).

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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