योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-11

यया कयाचिद्युक्त्यैव दृश्याद्यस्य गता रतिः ।
परिमज्जति तस्यास्था न क्वचिद्विमला मतिः ॥ ११ ॥

yayā kayācidyuktyaiva dṛśyādyasya gatā ratiḥ ,
parimajjati tasyāsthā na kvacidvimalā matiḥ 11

11. yayā kayācid yuktyā eva dṛśya-ādyasya gatā ratiḥ
parimajjati tasya āsthā na kvacit vimalā matiḥ

11. yayā kayācid yuktyā eva dṛśya-ādyasya ratiḥ gatā
tasya āsthā parimajjati matiḥ kvacit na vimalā

11. By whatever reasoning or means, if one's attachment to the visible and other objects has ceased, their conviction becomes confused, and their intellect (mati) is nowhere pure.

Words meanings summery:

• यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

• कयाचिद् (kayācid) - by some (feminine), by whatever

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by means, by method

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• दृश्य-आद्यस्य (dṛśya-ādyasya) - of the visible and so on, of objects beginning with the seen

• गता (gatā) - gone, ceased, departed

• रतिः (ratiḥ) - attachment, delight, pleasure, love

• परिमज्जति (parimajjati) - sinks, drowns, is confused

• तस्य (tasya) - his, her, its

• आस्था (āsthā) - conviction, reliance, faith, trust

• न (na) - not

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, in any case

• विमला (vimalā) - pure, spotless, clear (feminine)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect, mind, thought, understanding (mati)

Words meanings and morphology

यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

कयाचिद् (kayācid) - by some (feminine), by whatever

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

Compound of 'kim' and 'cid'

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cid)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• cid – an enclitic particle, giving an indefinite sense (some, any)
  indeclinable

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by means, by method

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - union, application, reasoning, argument, means, method

Root: yuj (class 7)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

दृश्य-आद्यस्य (dṛśya-ādyasya) - of the visible and so on, of objects beginning with the seen

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dṛśya-ādya

dṛśya-ādya - that which is visible and so forth, beginning with the visible

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛśya+ādya)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, an object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• ādya – first, beginning with, and so on
  adjective (masculine)

गता (gatā) - gone, ceased, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, departed, deceased, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ratiḥ'

रतिः (ratiḥ) - attachment, delight, pleasure, love

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - love, affection, attachment, delight, pleasure

Root: ram (class 1)

परिमज्जति (parimajjati) - sinks, drowns, is confused

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of parimajj

Prefix: pari

Root: majj (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - his, her, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आस्था (āsthā) - conviction, reliance, faith, trust

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - standing, stability, conviction, faith, reliance

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, in any case

(indeclinable)

विमला (vimalā) - pure, spotless, clear (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vimala

vimala - spotless, clean, pure, clear, bright

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+mala)

• vi – apart, away, without (prefix)
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'matiḥ'

मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect, mind, thought, understanding (mati)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, understanding, opinion

Root: man (class 4)

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