योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-39

तद्देव्यौ क्रियतां तावदस्माकं शोकनाशनम् ।
महतां दर्शनं नाम न कदाचन निष्फलम् ॥ ३९ ॥

taddevyau kriyatāṃ tāvadasmākaṃ śokanāśanam ,
mahatāṃ darśanaṃ nāma na kadācana niṣphalam 39

39. tat devyau kriyatām tāvat asmākam śokanāśanam
mahatām darśanam nāma na kadācana niṣphalam

39. tat devyau asmākam śokanāśanam tāvat kriyatām,
nāma mahatām darśanam kadācana niṣphalam na

39. Therefore, O goddesses, let the removal of our sorrow be accomplished. For indeed, the sight (darśanam) of great persons is never fruitless.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

• देव्यौ (devyau) - O two goddesses!

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be performed

• तावत् (tāvat) - meanwhile, for now, just, indeed

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• शोकनाशनम् (śokanāśanam) - destruction of sorrow, sorrow-removal

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great persons, of noble ones, of exalted beings

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight, vision, audience, seeing, philosophical view

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (when used with na)

• निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless, useless, unproductive

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

(indeclinable)

Used here as an indeclinable adverbial particle

Note: Functions as a connective adverb.

देव्यौ (devyau) - O two goddesses!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, dual of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

Feminine noun

Root: div

Note: Addressed to two female deities.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of kṛ

Imperative Mood, Passive Voice

3rd person singular, passive, imperative mood (lot) of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: It is 3rd person singular passive imperative, agreeing with `śokanāśanam`.

तावत् (tāvat) - meanwhile, for now, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

शोकनाशनम् (śokanāśanam) - destruction of sorrow, sorrow-removal

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śokanāśana

śokanāśana - destruction/removal of sorrow, sorrow-destroying

Compound of śoka (sorrow) and nāśana (destroying, removal)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+nāśana)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From root śuc (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• nāśana – destroying, ruin, removal
  noun (neuter)
  From root naś (to perish) in causative, or derived with suffix -ana
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: The grammatical subject of `kriyatām`.

महताम् (mahatām) - of great persons, of noble ones, of exalted beings

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, noble, exalted

Declined form of the adjective/noun mahat

Note: Qualifies `darśanam`.

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight, vision, audience, seeing, philosophical view

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, vision, appearance, philosophical system

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

(indeclinable)

Originally noun for 'name', used adverbially as an emphatic particle

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (when used with na)

(indeclinable)

Indefinite adverb of time, often combined with na to mean 'never'

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

निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless, useless, unproductive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, useless, unproductive

Negative compound with phala (fruit, result)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+phala)

• nis – without, free from
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `darśanam`.

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