योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-23

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
यद्येन क्रियते किंचिद्येन येन यदा यदा ।
विनाभ्यासेन तन्नेह सिद्धिमेति कदाचन ॥ २३ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
yadyena kriyate kiṃcidyena yena yadā yadā ,
vinābhyāsena tanneha siddhimeti kadācana 23

23. śrīdevī uvāca yat yena kriyate kiṃcit yena yena yadā
yadā vinā abhyāsena tat na iha siddhim eti kadācana

23. śrīdevī uvāca: yat kiṃcit yena yena yadā yadā kriyate,
tat iha vinā abhyāsena kadācana siddhim na eti

23. The venerable goddess said: Whatever is done by anyone, by whatever means, and at any time, that will never attain success (siddhi) in this world without persistent practice (abhyāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - The venerable goddess (the speaker) (the venerable goddess)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which)

• येन (yena) - by anyone (by which, by whom)

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is undertaken (is done, is made, is performed)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (something, anything)

• येन (yena) - by whatever (means) (by which, by whom)

• येन (yena) - by whatever (means) (by which, by whom)

• यदा (yadā) - at whatever time (when, whenever)

• यदा (yadā) - at whatever time (when, whenever)

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

• अभ्यासेन (abhyāsena) - by persistent practice (abhyāsa) (by practice, by repetition)

• तत् (tat) - that (thing done) (that, it)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - success (siddhi) (accomplishment, success, perfection, spiritual power (siddhi))

• एति (eti) - attain (goes, attains, approaches)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (when negated, 'never') (ever, at any time)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - The venerable goddess (the speaker) (the venerable goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - the venerable goddess, a respectful term for a goddess

Compound of `śrī` (venerable, glorious) and `devī` (goddess).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+devī)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, venerable, divine
  adjective (feminine)
• devī – goddess, female deity
  noun (feminine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

Irregular perfect form of root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter. Antecedent for `kiṃcit`.

येन (yena) - by anyone (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: Instrumental singular. Refers to the agent.

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is undertaken (is done, is made, is performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Present passive indicative

From root `kṛ` (to do), passive form.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is `kiṃcit`.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (something, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, somewhat

Indefinite pronoun, from `kim` + `cit`.

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter. Subject of `kriyate`.

येन (yena) - by whatever (means) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: This is the first `yena` of the repeated `yena yena`.

येन (yena) - by whatever (means) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: This is the second `yena` of the repeated `yena yena`.

यदा (yadā) - at whatever time (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb, from `yad`.

Note: This is the first `yadā` of the repeated `yadā yadā`.

यदा (yadā) - at whatever time (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb, from `yad`.

Note: This is the second `yadā` of the repeated `yadā yadā`.

विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

(indeclinable)

Preposition, takes instrumental, accusative, or ablative. Here with instrumental.

अभ्यासेन (abhyāsena) - by persistent practice (abhyāsa) (by practice, by repetition)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, repetition, study, spiritual exercise, habit (abhyāsa)

Action noun

From root `as` (to throw) with upasargas `abhi` and `ā`.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Instrumental singular. Governed by `vinā`.

तत् (tat) - that (thing done) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Nominative/accusative singular neuter. Correlative to `yat kiṃcit`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place or time.

सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - success (siddhi) (accomplishment, success, perfection, spiritual power (siddhi))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - accomplishment, success, fulfillment, perfection, supernatural power (siddhi)

Verbal noun

From root `sidh` (to succeed, attain).

Root: sidh (class 1)

एति (eti) - attain (goes, attains, approaches)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

2nd class (adādi) verb, root `i`.

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The subject is `tat` (whatever is done).

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (when negated, 'never') (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

Indefinite adverb from `kadā` + `cana`.

Note: Used with `na` to mean 'never'.