योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-88, verse-12

यथैव कर्मकरणे कामना नास्ति धीमताम् ।
तथैव कर्मत्यागे कामना नास्ति धीमताम् ॥ १२ ॥

yathaiva karmakaraṇe kāmanā nāsti dhīmatām ,
tathaiva karmatyāge kāmanā nāsti dhīmatām 12

12. yathā eva karma-karaṇe kāmanā na asti dhīmatām
tathā eva karma-tyāge kāmanā na asti dhīmatām

12. yathā eva dhīmatām karma-karaṇe kāmanā na asti,
tathā eva dhīmatām karma-tyāge kāmanā na asti.

12. For the wise, just as there is no desire (kāmanā) concerning the performance of action (karma), similarly there is no desire (kāmanā) concerning the abandonment of action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in the manner that)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• कर्म-करणे (karma-karaṇe) - in the performance of action (karma) (in the performance of actions (karma), in doing deeds)

• कामना (kāmanā) - desire (kāmanā) (desire, wish, longing)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - for the wise (of the wise, for the intelligent ones)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• कर्म-त्यागे (karma-tyāge) - in the abandonment of action (karma) (in the abandonment of actions (karma), in renouncing deeds)

• कामना (kāmanā) - desire (kāmanā) (desire, wish, longing)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - for the wise (of the wise, for the intelligent ones)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

कर्म-करणे (karma-karaṇe) - in the performance of action (karma) (in the performance of actions (karma), in doing deeds)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karma-karaṇa

karma-karaṇa - performance of actions, doing of deeds

Compound type : tatpurusha (karma+karaṇa)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karaṇa – doing, making, instrument, cause, performance
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ' with suffix '-ana'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कामना (kāmanā) - desire (kāmanā) (desire, wish, longing)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāmanā

kāmanā - desire, wish, longing

From root 'kam' (to desire) with suffix '-anā'

Root: kam (class 1)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - for the wise (of the wise, for the intelligent ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, sagacious

Note: Here, used as a substantive noun, 'of the wise ones'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

कर्म-त्यागे (karma-tyāge) - in the abandonment of action (karma) (in the abandonment of actions (karma), in renouncing deeds)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of karma-tyāga

karma-tyāga - abandonment of actions, renunciation of deeds

Compound type : tatpurusha (karma+tyāga)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'kṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tyāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'tyaj' (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

कामना (kāmanā) - desire (kāmanā) (desire, wish, longing)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāmanā

kāmanā - desire, wish, longing

From root 'kam' (to desire) with suffix '-anā'

Root: kam (class 1)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - for the wise (of the wise, for the intelligent ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, sagacious

Note: Here, used as a substantive noun, 'of the wise ones'.

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