योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-6, chapter-54, verse-24
अनपेक्षफलं ब्रह्म भूत्वा ब्रह्मेति भावितम् ।
क्रियते केवलं कर्म ब्रह्मज्ञेन यथागतम् ॥ २४ ॥
क्रियते केवलं कर्म ब्रह्मज्ञेन यथागतम् ॥ २४ ॥
anapekṣaphalaṃ brahma bhūtvā brahmeti bhāvitam ,
kriyate kevalaṃ karma brahmajñena yathāgatam 24
kriyate kevalaṃ karma brahmajñena yathāgatam 24
24.
anapekṣaphalam brahma bhūtvā brahma iti bhāvitam
kriyate kevalam karma brahmajñena yathāgatam
kriyate kevalam karma brahmajñena yathāgatam
24.
brahmajñena brahma bhūtvā brahma iti bhāvitam
anapekṣaphalam karma yathāgatam kevalam kriyate
anapekṣaphalam karma yathāgatam kevalam kriyate
24.
By one who has realized the ultimate reality (brahman), having become (brahman) and contemplating everything as Brahman, action (karma) is performed purely as it comes, without desiring its fruits.
Words meanings summery:
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- अनपेक्षफलम् (anapekṣaphalam) - without desiring the results (of action) (without expectation of fruit/result)
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, the Absolute
- भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having realized oneself as (having been, having become)
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, the Absolute
- इति (iti) - thinking 'this is' (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))
- भावितम् (bhāvitam) - contemplated or regarded as (Brahman) (contemplated, meditated upon, made to be, established)
- क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made
- केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone
- कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work
- ब्रह्मज्ञेन (brahmajñena) - by one who knows Brahman
- यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as it comes naturally or spontaneously (as it comes, as it happened, according to what has arrived)
Words meanings and morphology
अनपेक्षफलम् (anapekṣaphalam) - without desiring the results (of action) (without expectation of fruit/result)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anapekṣaphala
anapekṣaphala - without expectation of fruit
nañ-bahuvrihi compound: a (not) + apekṣā (expectation) + phala (fruit)
Compound type : nañ-bahuvrihi (a+apekṣā+phala)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
negative prefix - apekṣā – expectation, regard
noun (feminine)
from ap + īkṣ
Prefix: apa
Root: īkṣ (class 1) - phala – fruit, result, consequence
noun (neuter)
Root: phal (class 1)
Note: qualifies 'karma'
ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, the Absolute
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - ultimate reality, the Absolute, sacred word
Root: bṛh (class 1)
भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having realized oneself as (having been, having become)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
absolutive form, indicates prior action
Root: bhū (class 1)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, the Absolute
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - ultimate reality, the Absolute, sacred word
Root: bṛh (class 1)
इति (iti) - thinking 'this is' (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))
(indeclinable)
conjunction
भावितम् (bhāvitam) - contemplated or regarded as (Brahman) (contemplated, meditated upon, made to be, established)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvita
bhāvita - caused to be, formed, contemplated, felt
past passive participle
past passive participle of root bhū with causative form
Root: bhū (class 1)
क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ
present indicative, 3rd person singular, passive voice
present passive form of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, purely, alone
(indeclinable)
कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karman
karman - action, deed, work, ritual
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: subject of the passive verb kriyate
ब्रह्मज्ञेन (brahmajñena) - by one who knows Brahman
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahmajña
brahmajña - knower of Brahman
tatpuruṣa compound of brahman (ultimate reality) and jña (knower)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+jña)
- brahman – ultimate reality, the Absolute
noun (neuter)
Root: bṛh (class 1) - jña – knower, understanding
adjective (masculine)
derived from root jñā (to know)
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: agent of the passive verb kriyate
यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as it comes naturally or spontaneously (as it comes, as it happened, according to what has arrived)
(indeclinable)
avyayībhāva compound of yathā (as) and āgata (come)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgata)
- yathā – as, just as, in what manner
indeclinable - āgata – come, arrived, happened
adjective (neuter)
past passive participle
past passive participle of gam with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: gam (class 1)