योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-56, verse-3

प्रवाहपतितं कार्यमिदं किंचिद्यथागतम् ।
कुरु कार्याणि कर्माणि न किंचिदिह नश्यति ॥ ३ ॥

pravāhapatitaṃ kāryamidaṃ kiṃcidyathāgatam ,
kuru kāryāṇi karmāṇi na kiṃcidiha naśyati 3

3. pravāhapatitam kāryam idam kiñcit yathā āgatam
| kuru kāryāṇi karmāṇi na kiñcit iha naśyati ||

3. idam kiñcit pravāhapatitam kāryam yathā āgatam (tathā) kuru.
kāryāṇi karmāṇi kuru.
iha kiñcit na naśyati.

3. Whatever duty (karma) or action (kārya) presents itself spontaneously, perform it. Nothing is lost or destroyed here by doing so.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवाहपतितम् (pravāhapatitam) - fallen into the current, naturally occurring

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, action, what is to be done

• इदम् (idam) - this

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever, anything, something

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, presented

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make (imperative)

• कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - duties, actions

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, activities (karma))

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• नश्यति (naśyati) - is lost, perishes, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवाहपतितम् (pravāhapatitam) - fallen into the current, naturally occurring

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pravāhapatita

pravāhapatita - fallen into the current, naturally come, spontaneous

Tatpuruṣa compound: pravāha + patita

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (pravāha+patita)

• pravāha – flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root vah with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• patita – fallen, descended
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root pat
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: modifies 'kāryam'

कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, action, what is to be done

(noun)

neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - duty, action, what is to be done, task

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: demonstrative pronoun

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever, anything, something

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, whatever

compound of kim + cit

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – particle implying indefiniteness
  indeclinable

Note: refers to 'kāryam'

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, presented

(adjective)

neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, presented, obtained

Past Passive Participle

derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: modifies `kāryam`

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make (imperative)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - duties, actions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - duty, action, what is to be done, task

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, activities (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

action noun

derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, whatever

compound of kim + cit

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – particle implying indefiniteness
  indeclinable

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - is lost, perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)