योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-26

कार्यमण्वपि काले तु कृतमेत्युपकारताम् ।
महदप्युपकारोऽपि रिक्ततामेत्यकालतः ॥ २६ ॥

kāryamaṇvapi kāle tu kṛtametyupakāratām ,
mahadapyupakāro'pi riktatāmetyakālataḥ 26

26. kāryam aṇu api kāle tu kṛtam eti upakāratām
mahat api upakāraḥ api riktatām eti akālataḥ

26. Indeed, even a small task (kārya) performed at the right time becomes beneficial. But even a great assistance (upakāra), if rendered at the wrong time, becomes useless.

26. מעשה קטן שנעשה בזמן הופך למועיל. ואילו מעשה מועיל גדול, כשנעשה שלא בעיתו, הופך לחסר ערך.

Words meanings summery:

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - deed, task, action, what is to be done

• अणु (aṇu) - small, minute, atomic

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• काले (kāle) - at the right time, at the proper moment, in time

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

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

• एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes, becomes

• उपकारताम् (upakāratām) - helpfulness, beneficence, utility, benefit

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उपकारः (upakāraḥ) - help, assistance, benefit

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• रिक्तताम् (riktatām) - emptiness, uselessness, vainness

• एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes, becomes

• अकालतः (akālataḥ) - at the wrong time, untimely, out of season

Words meanings and morphology

कार्यम् (kāryam) - deed, task, action, what is to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - deed, task, action, duty, what is to be done

gerundive (future passive participle)

From root `kṛ` + `ṇyat` suffix. Nominative singular neuter.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अणु (aṇu) - small, minute, atomic

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇu

aṇu - small, minute, atomic, subtle

Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with `kāryam`.

Root: aṇ

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - at the right time, at the proper moment, in time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, appropriate moment

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

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, deed, act

Past Passive Participle

From root `kṛ` + `kta` suffix. Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with `kāryam`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes, becomes

(verb)

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

present tense

3rd person singular present tense, parasmaipada. From root `i` (class 2).

Root: i (class 2)

उपकारताम् (upakāratām) - helpfulness, beneficence, utility, benefit

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upakāratā

upakāratā - helpfulness, beneficence, utility, benefit

Accusative singular. Derived from `upakāra` + `tā` (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Root: kṛ

Note: Object of `eti`.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, noble

Nominative singular neuter.

Root: mah

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उपकारः (upakāraḥ) - help, assistance, benefit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upakāra

upakāra - help, assistance, benefit, kindness

Nominative singular.

Prefix: upa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

रिक्तताम् (riktatām) - emptiness, uselessness, vainness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of riktatā

riktatā - emptiness, uselessness, vainness, barrenness

Accusative singular. Derived from `rikta` + `tā` (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Root: ric

Note: Object of `eti`.

एति (eti) - attains, reaches, goes, becomes

(verb)

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

present tense

3rd person singular present tense, parasmaipada. From root `i` (class 2).

Root: i (class 2)

अकालतः (akālataḥ) - at the wrong time, untimely, out of season

(indeclinable)

Formed from `akāla` + `tas` (suffix forming adverbs of manner/cause/place).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāla)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, period, appropriate moment
  noun (masculine)

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