योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पौरुषं सर्वकार्याणां कर्तृ राघव नेतरत् ।
फलभोक्तृ च सर्वत्र न दैवं तत्र कारणम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
pauruṣaṃ sarvakāryāṇāṃ kartṛ rāghava netarat ,
phalabhoktṛ ca sarvatra na daivaṃ tatra kāraṇam 2

2. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca pauruṣam sarva-kāryāṇām kartṛ rāghava
na itarat phala-bhoktṛ ca sarvatra na daivam tatra kāraṇam

2. śrī-vasiṣṭha uvāca.
rāghava,
pauruṣam sarva-kāryāṇām kartṛ,
itarat na.
sarvatra ca phala-bhoktṛ.
tatra daivam kāraṇam na.

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Rāghava, human exertion (pauruṣa) is the sole agent for all actions, and nothing else. It is also the enjoyer of the results in all circumstances; fate (daiva) is not the cause in these matters."

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human exertion (pauruṣa) (human exertion, self-effort, manhood)

• सर्व-कार्याणाम् (sarva-kāryāṇām) - of all actions, of all effects

• कर्तृ (kartṛ) - the agent, the doer (doer, agent, creator)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rama) (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, epithet of Rama))

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, another, anything else)

• फल-भोक्तृ (phala-bhoktṛ) - enjoyer of results, experiencer of fruits

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - in all circumstances (everywhere, in all circumstances)

• न (na) - not, no

• दैवम् (daivam) - fate (daiva) (fate, destiny, divine)

• तत्र (tatra) - in these matters (there, in that case, in that matter)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठ (śrī-vasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine prefix
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human exertion (pauruṣa) (human exertion, self-effort, manhood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human exertion, self-effort, manhood

derived from puruṣa

सर्व-कार्याणाम् (sarva-kāryāṇām) - of all actions, of all effects

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarva-kārya

sarva-kārya - all actions, all effects

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+kārya)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (neuter)
• kārya – action, effect, duty, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  root kṛ + ya
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्तृ (kartṛ) - the agent, the doer (doer, agent, creator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

root kṛ + tṛc

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rama) (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, epithet of Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu

from Raghu

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरत् (itarat) - nothing else (other, another, anything else)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another

फल-भोक्तृ (phala-bhoktṛ) - enjoyer of results, experiencer of fruits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phala-bhoktṛ

phala-bhoktṛ - enjoyer of results

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+bhoktṛ)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• bhoktṛ – enjoyer, consumer, experiencer
  noun (masculine)
  root bhuj + tṛc
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - in all circumstances (everywhere, in all circumstances)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दैवम् (daivam) - fate (daiva) (fate, destiny, divine)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - fate, destiny, divine

from deva

तत्र (tatra) - in these matters (there, in that case, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

root kṛ + ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)