योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-31, verse-14

यस्मात्किल जगत्यस्मिन्व्यवहारक्रिया विना ।
न स्थितिः संभवत्यब्धौ पतितस्याजला यथा ॥ १४ ॥

yasmātkila jagatyasminvyavahārakriyā vinā ,
na sthitiḥ saṃbhavatyabdhau patitasyājalā yathā 14

14. yasmāt kila jagati asmin vyavahārakriyā vinā na
sthitiḥ sambhavati abdhau patitasya ajalā yathā

14. yasmāt kila asmin jagati vyavahārakriyā vinā sthitiḥ na sambhavati,
yathā abdhau patitasya ajalā

14. Indeed, in this world, existence (sthiti) is not possible without practical activity, just as for one fallen into the ocean, a state without water (ajalā) is impossible.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is well known

• जगति (jagati) - in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• व्यवहारक्रिया (vyavahārakriyā) - practical activity, worldly affairs

• विना (vinā) - without

• न (na) - not, no

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - existence, stability, state, position

• सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible, exists (is possible, happens, originates, exists)

• अब्धौ (abdhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

• पतितस्य (patitasya) - of one who has fallen

• अजला (ajalā) - a waterless state (referring to 'sthiti') (waterless, without water)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, from which

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here adverbially to mean 'because'.

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is well known

(indeclinable)

जगति (jagati) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

present active participle

from √gam (to go), often treated as a noun here.

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Adjective modifying 'jagati'.

व्यवहारक्रिया (vyavahārakriyā) - practical activity, worldly affairs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavahārakriyā

vyavahārakriyā - practical activity, worldly activity, usage, custom

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyavahāra+kriyā)

• vyavahāra – activity, business, practice, conduct, custom
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-ava-√hṛ (to act, deal with, behave)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• kriyā – action, activity, performance, rite
  noun (feminine)
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विना (vinā) - without

(indeclinable)

Note: Takes accusative, instrumental, or ablative. Here implicitly with 'vyavahārakriyā'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - existence, stability, state, position

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, existence, stability, fixedness

from √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'sambhavati'.

सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible, exists (is possible, happens, originates, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhav

present active

from sam-√bhū (to be, become, exist)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

अब्धौ (abdhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea

from ap-dhā (water-holder)

पतितस्य (patitasya) - of one who has fallen

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

past passive participle

from √pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing an implied person or being.

अजला (ajalā) - a waterless state (referring to 'sthiti') (waterless, without water)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, without water, dry

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' + 'jala'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jala)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  negation prefix
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'sthitiḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.