महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-111, verse-20

यथा बलं क्रियाहीनं क्रिया वा बलवर्जिता ।
नेह साधयते कार्यं समायुक्तस्तु सिध्यति ॥२०॥

20. yathā balaṁ kriyāhīnaṁ kriyā vā balavarjitā ,
neha sādhayate kāryaṁ samāyuktastu sidhyati.

20. yathā balam kriyāhīnam kriyā vā balavarjitā na
iha sādhayate kāryam samāyuktaḥ tu sidhyati

20. yathā kriyāhīnam balam vā balavarjitā kriyā
iha kāryam na sādhayate tu samāyuktaḥ sidhyati

20. Just as strength without action, or action without strength, does not achieve its purpose here (in this world), but when both are combined, success is attained.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)

• क्रियाहीनम् (kriyāhīnam) - devoid of action (devoid of action, actionless)

• क्रिया (kriyā) - action (action, deed, ritual)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• बलवर्जिता (balavarjitā) - devoid of strength (devoid of strength, without power)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (in this context/world) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• साधयते (sādhayate) - achieves (accomplishes, achieves, brings about)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (a task, an objective, a deed, to be done)

• समायुक्तः (samāyuktaḥ) - combined (both strength and action) (combined, united, endowed with)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• सिध्यति (sidhyati) - succeeds (succeeds, is accomplished, is perfected)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

Note: Could also be accusative singular.

क्रियाहीनम् (kriyāhīnam) - devoid of action (devoid of action, actionless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kriyāhīna

kriyāhīna - devoid of action, actionless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kriyā+hīna)

• kriyā – action, deed, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• hīna – devoid of, lacking, abandoned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root hā (to abandon)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'balam'.

क्रिया (kriyā) - action (action, deed, ritual)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

बलवर्जिता (balavarjitā) - devoid of strength (devoid of strength, without power)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of balavarjita

balavarjita - devoid of strength, powerless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bala+varjita)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• varjita – abandoned, excluded, devoid of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vṛj (to avoid, abandon)
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kriyā'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (in this context/world) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

साधयते (sādhayate) - achieves (accomplishes, achieves, brings about)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sādh

causative, present indicative

causative stem sādh-aya- from root sādh (to accomplish)

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Ātmanepada form of causative verb.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (a task, an objective, a deed, to be done)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, a task, an objective, a purpose

Gerundive/Nomen Agentis

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समायुक्तः (samāyuktaḥ) - combined (both strength and action) (combined, united, endowed with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāyukta

samāyukta - combined, united, endowed with, joined

Past Passive Participle

from root yuj (to join) with prefix sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Implied subject 'one who is combined' or 'the state of being combined'.

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

सिध्यति (sidhyati) - succeeds (succeeds, is accomplished, is perfected)

(verb)

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

present indicative

Root: sidh (class 4)