योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-26

मा कर्मफलबुद्धिर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ।
उभयं वा त्यजैतत्त्वमुभयं वा समाश्रय ॥ २६ ॥

mā karmaphalabuddhirbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi ,
ubhayaṃ vā tyajaitattvamubhayaṃ vā samāśraya 26

26. mā karmaphalabuddhiḥ bhūḥ mā te saṅgaḥ astu akarmaṇi
ubhayaṃ vā tyaja etat tvaṃ ubhayaṃ vā samāśraya

26. te karmaphalabuddhiḥ mā bhūḥ te akarmaṇi saṅgaḥ mā
astu ubhayaṃ etat vā tvaṃ tyaja vā ubhayaṃ samāśraya

26. Do not let your intellect (buddhi) be focused on the fruits of action (karma), nor should you be attached (saṅga) to inaction (karma). You should either entirely abandon both of these (tendencies), or you should embrace both (action and inaction with equal equipoise).

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• कर्मफलबुद्धिः (karmaphalabuddhiḥ) - intellect focused on the fruits of action

• भूः (bhūḥ) - may there be, be, become

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• ते (te) - your, for you, to you

• सङ्गः (saṅgaḥ) - attachment, association, contact

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• अकर्मणि (akarmaṇi) - in inaction, in non-performance of action

• उभयं (ubhayaṁ) - both

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

• एतत् (etat) - Refers to the 'karmaphalabuddhi' and 'akarmaṇi saṅga'. (this, these)

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• उभयं (ubhayaṁ) - both

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• समाश्रय (samāśraya) - resort to, take refuge in, depend on, embrace

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle

कर्मफलबुद्धिः (karmaphalabuddhiḥ) - intellect focused on the fruits of action

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karmaphalabuddhi

karmaphalabuddhi - mind/intellect for the fruits of action, thought of the result of deeds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karmaphala+buddhi)

• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of actions
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind, judgment
  noun (feminine)
  From verbal root 'budh' (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)

भूः (bhūḥ) - may there be, be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Aorist form used with prohibitive particle mā

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle

ते (te) - your, for you, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Genitive/Dative singular of 'tvad'

सङ्गः (saṅgaḥ) - attachment, association, contact

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅga

saṅga - attachment, association, contact, clinging, company

Derived from sam- + √gam (to go) with suffix -a

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अकर्मणि (akarmaṇi) - in inaction, in non-performance of action

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of akarman

akarman - inaction, non-performance of actions, absence of activity

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'karman'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+karman)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of actions
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उभयं (ubhayaṁ) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both, of both kinds

Note: Often takes singular endings but refers to two things.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up, renounce

(verb)

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

Root: tyaj (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the 'karmaphalabuddhi' and 'akarmaṇi saṅga'. (this, these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Can be plural in meaning when referring to two things indicated by 'ubhayam'

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

उभयं (ubhayaṁ) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both, of both kinds

Note: Often takes singular endings but refers to two things.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

समाश्रय (samāśraya) - resort to, take refuge in, depend on, embrace

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: From verbal root √śri with prefixes sam and ā