योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-201, verse-17

नोपदेशेन नार्थेन न शास्त्रैर्न च बन्धुभिः ।
त्यागेन च न चैतेषामधुना मम कारणम् ॥ १७ ॥

nopadeśena nārthena na śāstrairna ca bandhubhiḥ ,
tyāgena ca na caiteṣāmadhunā mama kāraṇam 17

17. na upadeśena na arthena na śāstraiḥ na ca bandhubhiḥ
tyāgena ca na ca eteṣām adhunā mama kāraṇam

17. adhunā mama upadeśena na arthena na śāstraiḥ na
bandhubhiḥ ca na eteṣām tyāgena ca na kāraṇam

17. For me now, there is no purpose (kāraṇam) to be found in instruction, nor in material possessions, nor in scriptures, nor in relatives, nor even in the renunciation of these.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by instruction, by advice, by teaching

• न (na) - not, no

• अर्थेन (arthena) - by material possessions (by wealth, by purpose, by meaning)

• न (na) - not, no

• शास्त्रैः (śāstraiḥ) - by sacred texts or bodies of knowledge (by scriptures, by treatises, by sciences)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• बन्धुभिः (bandhubhiḥ) - by relatives, by kinsmen

• त्यागेन (tyāgena) - by renunciation, by abandonment

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - referring to instruction, wealth, scriptures, and relatives mentioned previously (of these)

• अधुना (adhunā) - now, at this time

• मम (mama) - my, for me

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - any underlying purpose or motive for action or existence (cause, reason, means, purpose)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by instruction, by advice, by teaching

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अर्थेन (arthena) - by material possessions (by wealth, by purpose, by meaning)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, wealth, object

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शास्त्रैः (śāstraiḥ) - by sacred texts or bodies of knowledge (by scriptures, by treatises, by sciences)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, science

Root: śās (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बन्धुभिः (bandhubhiḥ) - by relatives, by kinsmen

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend

Root: bandh (class 9)

त्यागेन (tyāgena) - by renunciation, by abandonment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice

Root: tyaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - referring to instruction, wealth, scriptures, and relatives mentioned previously (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Can be masculine, feminine or neuter genitive plural. Here, neuter is implied, referring to the categories of things.

अधुना (adhunā) - now, at this time

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

मम (mama) - my, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Also used as dative in some contexts.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - any underlying purpose or motive for action or existence (cause, reason, means, purpose)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Here it functions as the subject complement.