योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-17

न ददाति न चादत्ते न जहाति न याचते ।
कुर्वदेव च कार्याणि चित्तं यस्य समाहितम् ॥ १७ ॥

na dadāti na cādatte na jahāti na yācate ,
kurvadeva ca kāryāṇi cittaṃ yasya samāhitam 17

17. na dadāti na ca ādatte na jahāti na yācate
kurvat eva ca kāryāṇi cittam yasya samāhitam

17. yasya cittam samāhitam na dadāti ca na ādatte,
na jahāti na yācate,
ca eva kāryāṇi kurvat

17. The mind (citta) of one who is perfectly composed neither gives nor takes, neither abandons nor begs, yet it performs actions (kārya).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ददाति (dadāti) - gives

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, accepts

• न (na) - not, no

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, forsakes, gives up

• न (na) - not, no

• याचते (yācate) - begs, requests, asks

• कुर्वत् (kurvat) - performing (doing, performing)

• एव (eva) - yet, still (emphasizing contradiction) (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - actions (actions, duties, works)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta), consciousness, thought

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• समाहितम् (samāhitam) - perfectly composed, concentrated (composed, steady, collected, concentrated)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ददाति (dadāti) - gives

(verb)

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

Root dā (class 3, reduplicated).

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject is 'cittam' (implied).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, accepts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-dā

Root dā (class 3) with prefix ā, in middle voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject is 'cittam' (implied).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, forsakes, gives up

(verb)

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

Root hā (class 3, reduplicated).

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Subject is 'cittam' (implied).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

याचते (yācate) - begs, requests, asks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yāc

Root yāc (class 1, middle voice).

Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'cittam' (implied).

कुर्वत् (kurvat) - performing (doing, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Acts as an adverbial participle or predicate for 'cittam'.

एव (eva) - yet, still (emphasizing contradiction) (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - actions (actions, duties, works)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, work, business

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'kurvat'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta), consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, heart

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject of the sentence, implied for verbs like 'dadāti', etc.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the person 'for whom' or 'whose' mind.

समाहितम् (samāhitam) - perfectly composed, concentrated (composed, steady, collected, concentrated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāhita

samāhita - composed, steady, concentrated, collected, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'cittam'.