योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-14, verse-11

या विवेकविकासिन्यो मतयो महतामिह ।
न ता विपदि मज्जन्ति तुम्बकानीव वारिणि ॥ ११ ॥

yā vivekavikāsinyo matayo mahatāmiha ,
na tā vipadi majjanti tumbakānīva vāriṇi 11

11. yā vivekavikāsinyaḥ matayaḥ mahatām iha na
tā vipadi majjanti tumbakāni iva vāriṇi

11. iha mahatām yā vivekavikāsinyaḥ matayaḥ
tāḥ vipadi tumbakāni iva vāriṇi na majjanti

11. The intellects of great individuals here, which grow and flourish through discernment, do not sink in times of calamity, just as gourds (tumbaka) do not sink in water.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which, who, what

• विवेकविकासिन्यः (vivekavikāsinyaḥ) - developing through discrimination, flourishing with discernment

• मतयः (matayaḥ) - intellects, thoughts, opinions, minds

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of great people

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• न (na) - not

• ता (tā) - those

• विपदि (vipadi) - in calamity, in adversity, in misfortune

• मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - they sink, they dive

• तुम्बकानि (tumbakāni) - gourds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which, who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun agreeing with matayaḥ

विवेकविकासिन्यः (vivekavikāsinyaḥ) - developing through discrimination, flourishing with discernment

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vivekavikāsinī

vivekavikāsinī - developing through discrimination, flourishing with discernment

Compound type : tatpurusha (viveka+vikāsinī)

• viveka – discrimination, discernment, wisdom
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• vikāsinī – developing, expanding, blooming, flourishing
  adjective (feminine)
  present active participle
  Derived from root √kas with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kas (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective describing matayaḥ

मतयः (matayaḥ) - intellects, thoughts, opinions, minds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mati

mati - intellect, thought, opinion, mind

महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of great people

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Used substantively, referring to 'great people'

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ता (tā) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun referring back to matayaḥ

विपदि (vipadi) - in calamity, in adversity, in misfortune

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vipad

vipad - calamity, adversity, misfortune, distress

मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - they sink, they dive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of majj

Root: majj (class 6)

तुम्बकानि (tumbakāni) - gourds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tumbaka

tumbaka - gourd, calabash

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water