योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-27

नैष्कर्म्येण न तस्यार्थो न तस्यार्थोऽस्ति कर्मभिः ।
न समाधानजप्याभ्यां यस्य निर्वासनं मनः ॥ २७ ॥

naiṣkarmyeṇa na tasyārtho na tasyārtho'sti karmabhiḥ ,
na samādhānajapyābhyāṃ yasya nirvāsanaṃ manaḥ 27

27. naiṣkarmyeṇa na tasya arthaḥ na tasya arthaḥ asti
karmabhiḥ na samādhānajapyābhyām yasya nirvāsanam manaḥ

27. yasya manaḥ nirvāsanam asti,
tasya naiṣkarmyeṇa arthaḥ na,
karmabhiḥ arthaḥ na,
samādhānajapyābhyām ca na asti.

27. For a person whose mind (manas) is free from latent impressions (vāsanā), there is no purpose (artha) in either non-action or action (karma), nor in deep contemplation (dhyāna) or chanting (japa).

Words meanings summery:

• नैष्कर्म्येण (naiṣkarmyeṇa) - by actionlessness, by freedom from action

• न (na) - not, no

• तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of him

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, need (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

• न (na) - not, no

• तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of him

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, need (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

• न (na) - not, no

• समाधानजप्याभ्याम् (samādhānajapyābhyām) - by deep contemplation (dhyāna) and chanting (japa) (by contemplation and chanting)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

• निर्वासनम् (nirvāsanam) - free from latent impressions, without desires

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

Words meanings and morphology

नैष्कर्म्येण (naiṣkarmyeṇa) - by actionlessness, by freedom from action

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of naiṣkarmya

naiṣkarmya - state of non-action, freedom from (the effects of) action (karma)

derived from niṣkarma (without action)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used in dative sense 'for him' here.

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, need (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, object

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, for him, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used in dative sense 'for him' here.

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, need (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, object

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, consequence of action

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

समाधानजप्याभ्याम् (samādhānajapyābhyām) - by deep contemplation (dhyāna) and chanting (japa) (by contemplation and chanting)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of samādhānajapya

samādhānajapya - contemplation and chanting

dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (samādhāna+japya)

• samādhāna – fixing of the mind, deep contemplation (dhyāna), concentration
  noun (neuter)
  from sam-ā-dhā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• japya – to be chanted, that which is chanted (japa)
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root jap, suffix -ya
  Root: jap (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

निर्वासनम् (nirvāsanam) - free from latent impressions, without desires

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāsana

nirvāsana - devoid of vāsanā (latent impressions, desires)

from nis + vāsanā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+vāsanā)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
  prefix
• vāsanā – latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "manaḥ".

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

from root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)