योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-15, verse-10

अज्ञानघनयामिन्या संकोचं न नराम्बुजम् ।
यात्यसावुदितो यस्य नित्यं संतोषभास्करः ॥ १० ॥

ajñānaghanayāminyā saṃkocaṃ na narāmbujam ,
yātyasāvudito yasya nityaṃ saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ 10

10. ajñānaghanayāminyā saṃkocam na narāmbujam yāti
asau uditaḥ yasya nityam saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ

10. yasya asau saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ nityam uditaḥ
narāmbujam ajñānaghanayāminyā na saṃkocam yāti

10. The lotus-like human (nara) does not shrink (or wither) in the dense night of ignorance (ajñāna), provided that for him, the sun of contentment (saṃtoṣa) has always risen.

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानघनयामिन्या (ajñānaghanayāminyā) - by the dense night of ignorance

• संकोचम् (saṁkocam) - contraction, shrinking, shriveling

• न (na) - not, no

• नराम्बुजम् (narāmbujam) - human-lotus (metaphor for a human being)

• याति (yāti) - undergoes, experiences (goes, moves, attains, experiences)

• असौ (asau) - that (sun) (that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - has risen (like the sun) (risen, appeared, spoken)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• संतोषभास्करः (saṁtoṣabhāskaraḥ) - sun of contentment

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानघनयामिन्या (ajñānaghanayāminyā) - by the dense night of ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ajñānaghanayāminī

ajñānaghanayāminī - dense night of ignorance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ajñāna+ghana+yāminī)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience (ajñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  negation (`a`) of `jñāna`
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: ghan (class 1)
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)
  from `yāma` (watch of night)
  Root: yā

Note: Refers to the 'night' as the agent causing contraction.

संकोचम् (saṁkocam) - contraction, shrinking, shriveling

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃkoca

saṁkoca - contraction, shrinking, folding, withdrawal

from `sam-kuc` (to contract)

Prefix: sam

Root: kuc (class 6)

Note: Object of the verb `yāti` (here meaning 'undergo/experience').

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नराम्बुजम् (narāmbujam) - human-lotus (metaphor for a human being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of narāmbuja

narāmbuja - human-lotus (metaphorically, a person likened to a lotus)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+ambuja)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• ambuja – lotus (born in water)
  noun (neuter)
  from `ambhas` (water) + `ja` (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - undergoes, experiences (goes, moves, attains, experiences)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Present Indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

असौ (asau) - that (sun) (that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

Note: Qualifies 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ'.

उदितः (uditaḥ) - has risen (like the sun) (risen, appeared, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, ascended, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

from `ud-i` (to rise, ascend)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ'.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person to whom 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ' belongs.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

संतोषभास्करः (saṁtoṣabhāskaraḥ) - sun of contentment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtoṣabhāskara

saṁtoṣabhāskara - sun of contentment

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃtoṣa+bhāskara)

• saṃtoṣa – contentment, satisfaction (saṃtoṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  from `sam-tuṣ` (to be pleased)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)
• bhāskara – sun, creator of light
  noun (masculine)
  from `bhās` (light) + `kara` (maker)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is' with 'uditaḥ'.