योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-67

हृत्पद्मकोशान्मलिनः स्वाहंकारमधुव्रतः ।
अपुनर्दर्शनायैव चञ्चलः क्वापि गच्छति ॥ ६७ ॥

hṛtpadmakośānmalinaḥ svāhaṃkāramadhuvrataḥ ,
apunardarśanāyaiva cañcalaḥ kvāpi gacchati 67

67. hṛtpadmakośāt malinaḥ svāhaṅkāramadhuvrataḥ
apunardarśanāya eva cañcalaḥ kvapi gacchati

67. malinaḥ svāhaṅkāramadhuvrataḥ cañcalaḥ
hṛtpadmakośāt apunardarśanāya eva kvapi gacchati

67. The impure bee of self-ego (ahaṅkāra), fickle and agitated, departs from the lotus-heart's sheath, never to be seen again.

Words meanings summery:

• हृत्पद्मकोशात् (hṛtpadmakośāt) - from the heart-lotus sheath

• मलिनः (malinaḥ) - impure, defiled

• स्वाहङ्कारमधुव्रतः (svāhaṅkāramadhuvrataḥ) - the bee of one's own ego

• अपुनर्दर्शनाय (apunardarśanāya) - for the purpose of never being seen again

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, precisely

• चञ्चलः (cañcalaḥ) - fickle, agitated, unsteady

• क्वपि (kvapi) - somewhere, anywhere

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

Words meanings and morphology

हृत्पद्मकोशात् (hṛtpadmakośāt) - from the heart-lotus sheath

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hṛtpadmakośa

hṛtpadmakośa - heart-lotus sheath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛd+padma+kośa)

• hṛd – heart
  noun (neuter)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• kośa – sheath, casing, treasury
  noun (masculine)

मलिनः (malinaḥ) - impure, defiled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of malina

malina - stained, dirty, impure, defiled

स्वाहङ्कारमधुव्रतः (svāhaṅkāramadhuvrataḥ) - the bee of one's own ego

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svāhaṅkāramadhuvrata

svāhaṅkāramadhuvrata - the bee of self-ego

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ahaṅkāra+madhuvrata)

• sva – one's own
  adjective
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, individuality
  noun (masculine)
• madhuvrata – bee (lit. 'honey-vowed')
  noun (masculine)

अपुनर्दर्शनाय (apunardarśanāya) - for the purpose of never being seen again

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of apunardarśana

apunardarśana - never seeing again, not returning to sight

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+punar+darśana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• punar – again, back
  indeclinable
• darśana – seeing, appearing, view, vision
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

चञ्चलः (cañcalaḥ) - fickle, agitated, unsteady

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cañcala

cañcala - moving, unsteady, fickle, agitated

क्वपि (kvapi) - somewhere, anywhere

(indeclinable)

Combination of kva (where) and api (also, even)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

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