योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-6, verse-13

अन्नभूता हि महतां लघवो यत्नशालिनाम् ।
यथेष्टं विनियोज्यन्ते तेन कर्मसु लोष्टवत् ॥ १३ ॥

annabhūtā hi mahatāṃ laghavo yatnaśālinām ,
yatheṣṭaṃ viniyojyante tena karmasu loṣṭavat 13

13. annabhūtāḥ hi mahatām laghavaḥ yatnaśālinām
yatheṣṭam viniyojyante tena karmasu loṣṭavat

13. hi laghavaḥ yatnaśālinām mahatām annabhūtāḥ,
tena yatheṣṭam karmasu loṣṭavat viniyojyante.

13. Indeed, the insignificant ones, even if diligent, become subservient (like food) to the great, and are, for that reason, employed by them as desired, like clods of earth in various tasks (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• अन्नभूताः (annabhūtāḥ) - become food, treated as food, subservient

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• महताम् (mahatām) - of the great ones, of the powerful

• लघवः (laghavaḥ) - the small ones, the insignificant ones

• यत्नशालिनाम् (yatnaśālinām) - of those endowed with effort, of the diligent ones

• यथेष्टम् (yatheṣṭam) - as desired, according to will

• विनियोज्यन्ते (viniyojyante) - are employed, are used, are engaged

• तेन (tena) - therefore (referring to the preceding statement) (by that, therefore)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions, in tasks, in deeds (karma)

• लोष्टवत् (loṣṭavat) - like a clod of earth, as a lump of clay

Words meanings and morphology

अन्नभूताः (annabhūtāḥ) - become food, treated as food, subservient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of annabhūta

annabhūta - become food, treated as food, subservient

Compound type : tatpurusha (anna+bhūta)

• anna – food, grain, sustenance
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, existed, creature, element
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

महताम् (mahatām) - of the great ones, of the powerful

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, powerful

Note: Used here as a noun referring to 'the great ones'.

लघवः (laghavaḥ) - the small ones, the insignificant ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of laghu

laghu - light, small, insignificant, quick

Note: Used here as a noun referring to 'the insignificant ones'.

यत्नशालिनाम् (yatnaśālinām) - of those endowed with effort, of the diligent ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yatnaśālin

yatnaśālin - endowed with effort, diligent, active

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yatna+śālin)

• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by
  suffixal adjective (masculine)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to 'the diligent ones'.

यथेष्टम् (yatheṣṭam) - as desired, according to will

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+iṣṭa)

• yathā – as, just as
  indeclinable
• iṣṭa – desired, wished, beloved
  Past Passive Participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially.

विनियोज्यन्ते (viniyojyante) - are employed, are used, are engaged

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Passive form with ya-stem.

तेन (tena) - therefore (referring to the preceding statement) (by that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions, in tasks, in deeds (karma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

लोष्टवत् (loṣṭavat) - like a clod of earth, as a lump of clay

(indeclinable)

Formed from loṣṭa (clod of earth) + vat (like, similar to).