योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-17

स्पन्दस्वाकृतसंकल्पं सुखदुःखान्यभावयन् ।
प्रवाहपतिते कार्ये चेष्टितोन्मुक्तशष्पवत् ॥ १७ ॥

spandasvākṛtasaṃkalpaṃ sukhaduḥkhānyabhāvayan ,
pravāhapatite kārye ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat 17

17. spandasva akṛtasaṅkalpam sukhaduḥkhāni abhāvayan
pravāhapatite kārye ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat

17. akṛtasaṅkalpam sukhaduḥkhāni abhāvayan
pravāhapatite kārye ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat spandasva

17. Act without forming intentions (saṅkalpa), not dwelling on pleasures and pains, in the task that has naturally presented itself, like a blade of grass that has been released and carried by the current.

Words meanings summery:

• स्पन्दस्व (spandasva) - move, act, pulsate, stir

• अकृतसङ्कल्पम् (akṛtasaṅkalpam) - without forming intentions, having not made a resolve

• सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - pleasures and pains, joys and sorrows

• अभावयन् (abhāvayan) - not contemplating, not experiencing, not causing to be, not considering

• प्रवाहपतिते (pravāhapatite) - in that which has fallen into a current, in a naturally occurring (task)

• कार्ये (kārye) - in the work, in the task, in the duty

• चेष्टितोन्मुक्तशष्पवत् (ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat) - like a blade of grass thrown off by a current, like a blade of grass moved and released

Words meanings and morphology

स्पन्दस्व (spandasva) - move, act, pulsate, stir

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of spand

Root: spand (class 1)

अकृतसङ्कल्पम् (akṛtasaṅkalpam) - without forming intentions, having not made a resolve

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛtasaṅkalpa

akṛtasaṅkalpa - one who has not made a resolve/intention

Compound type : bahuvrihi (akṛta+saṅkalpa)

• akṛta – not done, unmade, not performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle with negative prefix
  A nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: `a` (negative) + `kṛta` (done).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, volition, mental formation, determination
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from prefix `sam` + root `kḷp`.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - pleasures and pains, joys and sorrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, suffering, sorrow, difficulty, misery
  noun (neuter)

अभावयन् (abhāvayan) - not contemplating, not experiencing, not causing to be, not considering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāvayat

abhāvayat - one who is not causing to be, not contemplating

Present Active Participle (Causative) with negative prefix

A nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: `a` (negative) + `bhāvayat` (present active participle of causative `bhāvayati`). `bhāvayati` derived from root `bhū`.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāvayat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāvayat – causing to be, creating, contemplating, experiencing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (Causative)
  Derived from the causative stem of root `bhū` + `śatṛ` suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'you' of `spandasva`.

प्रवाहपतिते (pravāhapatite) - in that which has fallen into a current, in a naturally occurring (task)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pravāhapatita

pravāhapatita - fallen into a current/stream

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pravāha+patita)

• pravāha – current, flow, stream, course
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from prefix `pra` + root `vah`.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• patita – fallen, dropped, descended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root `pat` + suffix `kta`.
  Root: pat (class 1)

कार्ये (kārye) - in the work, in the task, in the duty

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kārya

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

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Derived from root `kṛ` + suffix `ṇyat`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चेष्टितोन्मुक्तशष्पवत् (ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat) - like a blade of grass thrown off by a current, like a blade of grass moved and released

(indeclinable)

Derived from the compound `ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpa` (a blade of grass released by movement) with the adverbial suffix `vat`.