५.३९.६

न ह्येकः साधको हेतुः स्वल्पस्यापीह कर्मणः ।
यो ह्यर्थं बहुधा वेद स समर्थोऽर्थसाधने ॥

अन्वयः

इह here, स्वल्पस्य of a trivial task, अपि also, कर्मणः of the task, साधकः effective, हेतुः cause, एकः one, न हि is not, यः he who, अर्थम् as an object, बहुधा in many ways (means of doing), वेद knows, सः he, अर्थसाधने in achieving the task, समर्थः capable.

M N Dutt

He that dose a small work, is certainly not a worker, he it is that know to bring about success in diverse ways, is along capable of securing the same. (The commentator explains this passage thus:"He that by great pains accomplishes a small work, cannot be a great actor; but he that bring about his end in a variety of ways through the minimum of effort, in the actor.")

Summary

'There are ways more than one even to perform a small work. And the capable know it.

पदच्छेदः

(अव्ययः)
ह्येकःहि (अव्ययः)–एक (१.१)
साधकोसाधक (१.१)
हेतुःहेतु (१.१)
स्वल्पस्यापीहसु (अव्ययः)–अल्प (६.१)–अपि (अव्ययः)–इह (अव्ययः)
कर्मणःकर्मन् (६.१)
योयद् (१.१)
ह्यर्थंहि (अव्ययः)–अर्थ (२.१)
बहुधाबहुधा (अव्ययः)
वेदवेद (√विद् लिट् प्र.पु. एक.)
तद् (१.१)
समर्थोसमर्थ (१.१)
ऽर्थसाधनेअर्थ–साधन (७.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

ह्ये कः सा को हे तुः
स्व ल्प स्या पीर्म णः
यो ह्य र्थंहु धा वे
र्थोऽर्थ सा ने