योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-2, chapter-8, verse-8
न च निस्पन्दता लोके दृष्टेह शवतां विना ।
स्पन्दाच्च फलसंप्राप्तिस्तस्माद्दैवं निरर्थकम् ॥ ८ ॥
स्पन्दाच्च फलसंप्राप्तिस्तस्माद्दैवं निरर्थकम् ॥ ८ ॥
na ca nispandatā loke dṛṣṭeha śavatāṃ vinā ,
spandācca phalasaṃprāptistasmāddaivaṃ nirarthakam 8
spandācca phalasaṃprāptistasmāddaivaṃ nirarthakam 8
8.
There is no one to be seen on earth that is motionless except the bodies of the dead; and if it is action that produces anything, it is useless to believe in destiny.