योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-15, verse-3

संतोषशालिनी बुद्धी राम संसारवृत्तिषु ।
विषमास्वप्यनुद्विग्ना न कदाचन हीयते ॥ ३ ॥

saṃtoṣaśālinī buddhī rāma saṃsāravṛttiṣu ,
viṣamāsvapyanudvignā na kadācana hīyate 3

3. santoṣa śālinī buddhiḥ rāma saṃsāra vṛttiṣu |
viṣamāsu api anudvignā na kadācana hīyate || 3 ||

3. rāma,
santoṣa śālinī anudvignā buddhiḥ,
viṣamāsu api saṃsāra vṛttiṣu,
na kadācana hīyate 3

3. O Rāma, an intellect (buddhi) adorned with contentment (santoṣa) remains undisturbed even amidst the difficult circumstances of worldly life (saṃsāra), and it never deteriorates.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्तोष (santoṣa) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction)

• शालिनी (śālinī) - endowed with (possessing, adorned with, endowed with)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, mind, understanding)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (O Rāma (vocative))

• संसार (saṁsāra) - worldly life (worldly existence, transmigration)

• वृत्तिषु (vṛttiṣu) - in the circumstances (in the activities, in the conduct, in the modes of life, in the affairs)

• विषमासु (viṣamāsu) - in adverse ones (in difficult, adverse, uneven (circumstances))

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)

• अनुद्विग्ना (anudvignā) - undisturbed (unagitated, undisturbed, fearless)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (with 'na', means never) (ever, at any time)

• हीयते (hīyate) - declines, deteriorates (is lost, is abandoned, fails, declines, dwindles)

Words meanings and morphology

सन्तोष (santoṣa) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction)

(noun)

masculine, singular of santoṣa

santoṣa - contentment, satisfaction, delight

Derived from sam + tuṣ (to be pleased).

Prefix: sam

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: First part of the compound 'santoṣaśālinī'.

शालिनी (śālinī) - endowed with (possessing, adorned with, endowed with)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śālin

śālin - possessing, endowed with, adorned with

Suffix -in.

Note: Describes 'buddhiḥ'.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, mind, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, mind, understanding, perception

From root budh (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (O Rāma (vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a Hindu deity and prince of Ayodhya)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

संसार (saṁsāra) - worldly life (worldly existence, transmigration)

(noun)

masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - worldly existence, transmigration, cycle of birth and death

From sam + sṛ (to flow, move).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'saṃsāravṛttiṣu'.

वृत्तिषु (vṛttiṣu) - in the circumstances (in the activities, in the conduct, in the modes of life, in the affairs)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of vṛtti

vṛtti - activity, conduct, mode of life, affairs, circumstances

From root vṛt (to be, to exist, to turn).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Last part of the compound 'saṃsāravṛttiṣu', showing its inflection.

विषमासु (viṣamāsu) - in adverse ones (in difficult, adverse, uneven (circumstances))

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, difficult, adverse, dangerous, unequal

Note: Describes 'vṛttiṣu'.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, and)

(indeclinable)

अनुद्विग्ना (anudvignā) - undisturbed (unagitated, undisturbed, fearless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anudvigna

anudvigna - unagitated, undisturbed, tranquil

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative prefix 'an-' + ud-vigna (PPP of ud-vij, to be agitated).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+udvigna)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• udvigna – agitated, disturbed, anxious
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ud + vij (to tremble, to be agitated).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'buddhiḥ'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (with 'na', means never) (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Combined with 'na' means 'never'.

हीयते (hīyate) - declines, deteriorates (is lost, is abandoned, fails, declines, dwindles)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of hā

Present Passive

From root hā (to quit, to fail), present 3rd person singular passive/middle.

Root: hā (class 3)