योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-17, verse-22

सुवर्णं न स्थितिं याति मलवत्यंशुके यथा ।
एका दृष्टिः स्थितिं याति न म्लाने चित्तके तथा ॥ २२ ॥

suvarṇaṃ na sthitiṃ yāti malavatyaṃśuke yathā ,
ekā dṛṣṭiḥ sthitiṃ yāti na mlāne cittake tathā 22

22. suvarṇam na sthitim yāti malavati aṃśuke yathā
ekā dṛṣṭiḥ sthitim yāti na mlāne cittake tathā

22. yathā suvarṇam malavati aṃśuke sthitim na yāti,
tathā ekā dṛṣṭiḥ mlāne cittake sthitim na yāti.

22. Just as gold (suvarṇa) does not attain its proper state or luster on a dirty cloth (aṃśuka), so too, a single vision (dṛṣṭi) does not attain stability in a dull (mlāna) mind (cittaka).

Words meanings summery:

• सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold

• न (na) - not

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - its proper state or luster (for gold), stability (for vision) (state, stability, condition, position)

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• मलवति (malavati) - on a dirty cloth (on a dirty one, having dirt)

• अंशुके (aṁśuke) - on a cloth, on a garment

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• एका (ekā) - a single, one

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, insight, view

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability (state, stability, condition, position)

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• न (na) - not

• म्लाने (mlāne) - in a dull mind (in a dull, in a withered, in a faded)

• चित्तके (cittake) - in the mind, in consciousness

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

Words meanings and morphology

सुवर्णम् (suvarṇam) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, beautiful color

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - its proper state or luster (for gold), stability (for vision) (state, stability, condition, position)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, stability, standing, position

Root: sthā (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

मलवति (malavati) - on a dirty cloth (on a dirty one, having dirt)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of malavat

malavat - dirty, impure, possessing dirt

Possessive suffix -vat from mala

अंशुके (aṁśuke) - on a cloth, on a garment

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of aṃśuka

aṁśuka - cloth, garment, ray

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - a single, one

(numeral/adjective)

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, insight, view

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, vision, insight, view

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability (state, stability, condition, position)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, stability, standing, position

Root: sthā (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

म्लाने (mlāne) - in a dull mind (in a dull, in a withered, in a faded)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mlāna

mlāna - dull, withered, faded, languid

Past Passive Participle

Root: mlai (class 1)

चित्तके (cittake) - in the mind, in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittaka

cittaka - mind, consciousness

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)