योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-67, verse-32

पुण्यानि यान्ति वैफल्यं वैफल्यं यान्ति मातरः ।
भाग्यानि यान्ति वैफल्यं नाभ्यासस्तु कदाचन ॥ ३२ ॥

puṇyāni yānti vaiphalyaṃ vaiphalyaṃ yānti mātaraḥ ,
bhāgyāni yānti vaiphalyaṃ nābhyāsastu kadācana 32

32. puṇyāni yānti vaiphalyam vaiphalyam yānti mātaraḥ
bhāgyāni yānti vaiphalyam na abhyāsaḥ tu kadācana

32. puṇyāni vaiphalyam yānti mātaraḥ vaiphalyam yānti
bhāgyāni vaiphalyam yānti tu abhyāsaḥ kadācana na

32. Meritorious deeds become fruitless, mothers become ineffective, and even fortunes turn to futility. But practice (abhyāsa) never fails.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious deeds, virtues, good deeds

• यान्ति (yānti) - they turn into, they lead to (they go, they attain, they approach)

• वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - futility, fruitlessness, failure

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - entities considered as protectors or sources of support, or simply 'mothers' (literal) (mothers, origins, sources, divine mothers)

• भाग्यानि (bhāgyāni) - fortunes, good luck, destinies

• न (na) - never (not, no, nor)

• अभ्यासः (abhyāsaḥ) - practice (abhyāsa), repetition, exercise, study

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (in conjunction with 'na') (ever, at any time, never (when with na))

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious deeds, virtues, good deeds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, good deed, merit

यान्ति (yānti) - they turn into, they lead to (they go, they attain, they approach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yānti

Root yā (to go). Present, 3rd person, plural, active.

Root: yā (class 2)

वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - futility, fruitlessness, failure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiphalya

vaiphalya - futility, fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

Derived from viphalā (fruitless) + suffix -ya.

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - entities considered as protectors or sources of support, or simply 'mothers' (literal) (mothers, origins, sources, divine mothers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother, origin, source, divine mother

R-stem noun.

भाग्यानि (bhāgyāni) - fortunes, good luck, destinies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhāgya

bhāgya - fortune, good luck, destiny, fate, share, portion

From root bhaj (to distribute, share) + suffix -ya.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

न (na) - never (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

अभ्यासः (abhyāsaḥ) - practice (abhyāsa), repetition, exercise, study

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice (abhyāsa), repetition, exercise, study

Noun derived from verb

From root as (to throw, to obtain) with prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

Conjunction particle.

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (in conjunction with 'na') (ever, at any time, never (when with na))

(indeclinable)

Indefinite adverb derived from kadā (when) + cana.