योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-16

मोहमातङ्गमृदिता कलङ्ककलितान्तरा ।
परं प्रसादमायाति शेमुषीसरसी कथम् ॥ १६ ॥

mohamātaṅgamṛditā kalaṅkakalitāntarā ,
paraṃ prasādamāyāti śemuṣīsarasī katham 16

16. mohamātaṅgamṛditā kalaṅkakalitāntarā
param prasādam āyāti śemuṣīsarasī katham

16. mohamātaṅgamṛditā,
kalaṅkakalitāntarā śemuṣīsarasī param prasādam katham āyāti

16. How can the lake of intellect, afflicted by the elephant of delusion and having its inner core tainted by impurities, ever achieve supreme serenity?

Words meanings summery:

• मोहमातङ्गमृदिता (mohamātaṅgamṛditā) - afflicted by the elephant of delusion, crushed by the madness of delusion

• कलङ्ककलितान्तरा (kalaṅkakalitāntarā) - whose interior is filled with impurities, defiled within by stains

• परम् (param) - supreme, excellent, highest, ultimate

• प्रसादम् (prasādam) - clarity, serenity, calmness, grace, favor

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to

• शेमुषीसरसी (śemuṣīsarasī) - the lake of intellect, the intellect-lake

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

मोहमातङ्गमृदिता (mohamātaṅgamṛditā) - afflicted by the elephant of delusion, crushed by the madness of delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mohamātaṅgamṛdita

mohamātaṅgamṛdita - afflicted/crushed by the elephant-like delusion/madness

Past Passive Participle

Compound. mṛdita (crushed) from √mṛd (to crush).

Compound type : tatpurusha (moha+mātaṅga+mṛdita)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
• mātaṅga – elephant, wild elephant
  noun (masculine)
• mṛdita – crushed, afflicted, trampled, bruised
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √mṛd (class 9) 'to crush, tread upon'.
  Root: √mṛd (class 9)

Note: Used adjectivally.

कलङ्ककलितान्तरा (kalaṅkakalitāntarā) - whose interior is filled with impurities, defiled within by stains

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalaṅkakalitāntara

kalaṅkakalitāntara - having its inner part filled with stains/impurities

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kalaṅka+kalita+antara)

• kalaṅka – stain, blemish, impurity, defect
  noun (masculine)
• kalita – connected with, possessed of, held, understood, filled with
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kal (to count, to know, to possess).
  Root: √kal (class 1)
• antara – interior, inner part, difference, interval
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adjectivally.

परम् (param) - supreme, excellent, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, excellent, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Adjective to prasādam.

प्रसादम् (prasādam) - clarity, serenity, calmness, grace, favor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - clarity, serenity, calmness, grace, favor

From pra-√sad (to be clear, calm).

Prefix: pra

Root: √sad (class 1)

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: √yā (class 2)

शेमुषीसरसी (śemuṣīsarasī) - the lake of intellect, the intellect-lake

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śemuṣīsarasī

śemuṣīsarasī - the lake of intellect

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śemuṣī+sarasī)

• śemuṣī – intellect, understanding, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
• sarasī – a pond, lake
  noun (feminine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)