योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-68

न च तद्दृश्यते किंचित्कस्य तत्कर्म तादृशम् ।
भवेद्व्यर्थमभव्यस्य जडास्तु परमाणवः ॥ ६८ ॥

na ca taddṛśyate kiṃcitkasya tatkarma tādṛśam ,
bhavedvyarthamabhavyasya jaḍāstu paramāṇavaḥ 68

68. na ca tat dṛśyate kiṃcit kasya tat karma tādṛśam
bhavet vyartham abhavyasya jaḍāḥ tu paramaṇavaḥ

68. ca tat kiṃcit na dṛśyate tat tādṛśam karma kasya
abhavyasya vyartham bhavet tu paramaṇavaḥ jaḍāḥ

68. And that (atomic arrangement) is not seen as anything substantial. Whose action (karma) could such a phenomenon be? For something incapable of acting or being, it would be utterly useless. Indeed, atoms are inert.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - (the atomic world/arrangement) (that)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, at all

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? of whom?

• तत् (tat) - that

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, performance (karma)

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such, of that kind

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, may be

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - useless, in vain, pointless

• अभव्यस्य (abhavyasya) - of the incapable, of the non-existent, of what cannot be

• जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, unconscious, dull

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• परमणवः (paramaṇavaḥ) - atoms

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - (the atomic world/arrangement) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense

Passive voice of the root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, at all

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose? of whom?

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, performance (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such, of that kind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that sort, like that

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - useless, in vain, pointless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyartha

vyartha - useless, vain, unprofitable

Compound type : avyayībhāva (vi+artha)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

अभव्यस्य (abhavyasya) - of the incapable, of the non-existent, of what cannot be

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abhavya

abhavya - incapable, not to be, non-existent, unlucky

Gerundive

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with negative prefix 'a'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhavya)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• bhavya – to be, possible, future, suitable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root 'bhū'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, unconscious, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, inert, unconscious, dull, stupid

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

परमणवः (paramaṇavaḥ) - atoms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paramaṇu

paramaṇu - supreme atom, ultimate particle