योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-8

महतामेव संपर्कात्पुनर्दुःखं न बाधते ।
को हि दीपशिखाहस्तस्तमसा परिभूयते ॥ ८ ॥

mahatāmeva saṃparkātpunarduḥkhaṃ na bādhate ,
ko hi dīpaśikhāhastastamasā paribhūyate 8

8. mahatām eva saṃparkāt punar duḥkham na bādhate
kaḥ hi dīpaśikhāhastaḥ tamasā paribhūyate

8. mahatām eva saṃparkāt punar duḥkham na bādhate.
hi,
kaḥ dīpaśikhāhastaḥ tamasā paribhūyate?

8. Through the association with truly great individuals, suffering (duḥkha) does not afflict one again. Indeed, who, holding a lamp-flame in their hand, is ever overcome by darkness?

Words meanings summery:

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great individuals (wise teachers) (of the great, of the noble, of the wise)

• एव (eva) - truly, precisely (exactly, precisely, indeed, only)

• संपर्कात् (saṁparkāt) - through association (from contact, from association)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, back, moreover)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering (duḥkha) (suffering, sorrow, pain, misery)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts (afflicts, torments, obstructs)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• दीपशिखाहस्तः (dīpaśikhāhastaḥ) - one holding a lamp-flame in their hand (one who has a lamp-flame in hand, one holding a lamp)

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (by darkness, by gloom)

• परिभूयते (paribhūyate) - is overcome (is overcome, is vanquished, is overpowered)

Words meanings and morphology

महताम् (mahatām) - of great individuals (wise teachers) (of the great, of the noble, of the wise)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, noble, wise

Note: Qualifies implicit 'people'.

एव (eva) - truly, precisely (exactly, precisely, indeed, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संपर्कात् (saṁparkāt) - through association (from contact, from association)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃparka

saṁparka - contact, association, connection

From sam- + spṛś- 'to touch'

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Indicates cause or source.

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, back, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering (duḥkha) (suffering, sorrow, pain, misery)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, sorrow, pain, misery

Note: Subject of `na bādhate`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts (afflicts, torments, obstructs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bādh

Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: Third person singular present middle voice of √bādh.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of `paribhūyate`.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

दीपशिखाहस्तः (dīpaśikhāhastaḥ) - one holding a lamp-flame in their hand (one who has a lamp-flame in hand, one holding a lamp)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpaśikhāhasta

dīpaśikhāhasta - one who has a lamp-flame in hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpaśikhā+hasta)

• dīpaśikhā – lamp-flame
  noun (feminine)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `kaḥ`.

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (by darkness, by gloom)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

Note: Agent in passive construction.

परिभूयते (paribhūyate) - is overcome (is overcome, is vanquished, is overpowered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of paribhū

From pari- + bhū- 'to be'

Prefix: pari

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular present passive voice of √paribhū.