योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-14

न तपांसि न तीर्थानि न शास्त्राणि जयन्ति च ।
संसारसागरोत्तारे सज्जनासेवनं विना ॥ १४ ॥

na tapāṃsi na tīrthāni na śāstrāṇi jayanti ca ,
saṃsārasāgarottāre sajjanāsevanaṃ vinā 14

14. na tapāṃsi na tīrthāni na śāstrāṇi jayanti
ca saṃsārasāgarottāre sajjanasevanam vinā

14. sajjanasevanam vinā saṃsārasāgarottāre na
tapāṃsi na tīrthāni na ca śāstrāṇi jayanti

14. Without associating with virtuous people, neither austerities (tapas), nor pilgrimages (tīrtha), nor scriptures (śāstra) are victorious (i.e., succeed) in crossing over the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - neither (not, no, nor)

• तपांसि (tapāṁsi) - austerities (tapas) (austerities, penances, ascetic practices)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - pilgrimages (tīrtha) (holy places, sacred bathing places, pilgrimages)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

• शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures (śāstra) (scriptures, sacred texts, treatises, sciences)

• जयन्ति (jayanti) - are victorious (succeed) (are victorious, succeed, conquer, overcome)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• संसारसागरोत्तारे (saṁsārasāgarottāre) - in crossing over the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in crossing over the ocean of transmigration)

• सज्जनसेवनम् (sajjanasevanam) - association with virtuous people (serving virtuous people, association with good people)

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

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - neither (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates tapāṃsi.

तपांसि (tapāṁsi) - austerities (tapas) (austerities, penances, ascetic practices)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor (tapas)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject.

न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates tīrthāni.

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - pilgrimages (tīrtha) (holy places, sacred bathing places, pilgrimages)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - holy place, sacred bathing place, ford, pilgrimage (tīrtha)

Note: Subject.

न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates śāstrāṇi.

शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures (śāstra) (scriptures, sacred texts, treatises, sciences)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, sacred text, treatise, science, doctrine (śāstra)

From root √śaṃs (to praise) or √śās (to command, instruct)

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Subject.

जयन्ति (jayanti) - are victorious (succeed) (are victorious, succeed, conquer, overcome)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: The verb for the multiple subjects.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

संसारसागरोत्तारे (saṁsārasāgarottāre) - in crossing over the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in crossing over the ocean of transmigration)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsārasāgarottāra

saṁsārasāgarottāra - the crossing over of the ocean of transmigration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+sāgara+uttāra)

• saṃsāra – cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix sam + root √sṛ (to flow, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• uttāra – crossing over, surmounting, liberation, ferry
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from prefix ut + root √tṛ (to cross)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative of purpose or context.

सज्जनसेवनम् (sajjanasevanam) - association with virtuous people (serving virtuous people, association with good people)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sat-jana-sevana

sat-jana-sevana - service of good people, association with virtuous people

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sat-jana+sevana)

• sat-jana – good person, virtuous person
  noun (masculine)
• sevana – serving, attending, association, worship
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from root √sev (to serve, attend)
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied verb, used with vinā.

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

(indeclinable)