योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-54, verse-21

लाभालाभसमो भूत्वा भूत्वा नूनं न किंचन ।
खण्डवात इवास्पन्दी प्रकृतं कार्यमाचर ॥ २१ ॥

lābhālābhasamo bhūtvā bhūtvā nūnaṃ na kiṃcana ,
khaṇḍavāta ivāspandī prakṛtaṃ kāryamācara 21

21. lābhālābhasamaḥ bhūtvā bhūtvā nūnam na kiñcana |
khaṇḍavātaḥ iva aspandī prakṛtam kāryam ācara ||

21. nūnam na kiñcana bhūtvā,
lābhālābhasamaḥ bhūtvā,
khaṇḍavātaḥ iva aspandī,
prakṛtam kāryam ācara

21. Having become utterly indifferent to gain and loss, having verily become nothing, perform your prescribed duty, motionless like a still breeze.

Words meanings summery:

• लाभालाभसमः (lābhālābhasamaḥ) - indifferent to gain and loss, equal in gain and loss

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, verily

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything, something (with negation: nothing at all)

• खण्डवातः (khaṇḍavātaḥ) - a localized wind, a still breeze, a segment of wind

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अस्पन्दी (aspandī) - unmoving, motionless, still

• प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - prescribed, assigned, actual, primary

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, work, action

• आचर (ācara) - perform, do, behave, practice

Words meanings and morphology

लाभालाभसमः (lābhālābhasamaḥ) - indifferent to gain and loss, equal in gain and loss

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lābhālābhasama

lābhālābhasama - equal regarding gain and loss, indifferent to profit and loss

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lābha+alābha+sama)

• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: labh (class 1)
• alābha – loss, no gain, failure to obtain
  noun (masculine)
  Formed with negative prefix 'a-'
  Prefix: a
• sama – equal, similar, indifferent, calm
  adjective (masculine)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root bhū- 'to be, become' with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root bhū- 'to be, become' with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything, something (with negation: nothing at all)

(indeclinable)

खण्डवातः (khaṇḍavātaḥ) - a localized wind, a still breeze, a segment of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaṇḍavāta

khaṇḍavāta - a local wind, gust of wind, a calm air current (not a strong, sweeping wind)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaṇḍa+vāta)

• khaṇḍa – piece, portion, part, segment
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind, air, breeze
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अस्पन्दी (aspandī) - unmoving, motionless, still

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aspandin

aspandin - not trembling, motionless, still, fixed

Formed with negative prefix 'a-' and root 'spand-' (to tremble)

Prefix: a

Root: spand (class 1)

प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - prescribed, assigned, actual, primary

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prakṛta

prakṛta - done, made, performed, prescribed, primary, original

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kṛ- 'to do' with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, work, action

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, duty, affair, action, that which is to be done

Gerundive

Derived from the root kṛ- 'to do' with the suffix -ya (indicating necessity or fitness)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'ācara'

आचर (ācara) - perform, do, behave, practice

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ācar

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)