श्रीदेव्युवाच यद्येन क्रियते किञ्चिद्येन येन यदा यदा । विनाऽभ्यासेन तन्नेह सिद्धिमेति कदाचन ॥ २३ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca yadyēna kriyatē kiñcidyēna yēna yadā yadā | vinā’bhyāsēna tannēha siddhimēti kadācana || 23 ||
Translation
The goddess said: Whatever anyone does, whoever, whenever, without practice it never comes to fulfilment here.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) whatever
- yēna
- by anyone
- kriyatē
- is done
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) anything
- yadā
- whenever
- vinā
- without
- abhyāsēna
- practice
- tan
- (tat) it
- na
- not
- iha
- here
- siddhim
- fulfilment
- ēti
- comes to
- kadācana
- ever
Meaning
The commentary: the goddess first says that practice is needed in every work, whoever does it, whenever. Knowledge is no exception; it is a work like any other, in this one respect.