योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-61, verse-2

न खेदमभिगच्छन्ति व्योमभागो मलं यथा ।
नापदा म्लानिमायान्ति निशि हेमाम्बुजं यथा ॥ २ ॥

na khedamabhigacchanti vyomabhāgo malaṃ yathā ,
nāpadā mlānimāyānti niśi hemāmbujaṃ yathā 2

2. na khedam abhigacchanti vyoma-bhāgaḥ malam yathā
na āpadā mlānim āyānti niśi hema-ambujam yathā

2. (te) khedam na abhigacchanti,
yathā vyoma-bhāgaḥ malam (na abhigacchati).
(te) āpadā mlānim na āyānti,
yathā niśi hema-ambujam (na mlānim āyāti).

2. They do not experience distress, just as a portion of the sky does not accumulate impurity. Nor do they succumb to fading or adversity, just as a golden lotus does not wither even at night.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• खेदम् (khedam) - distress (distress, sorrow, exhaustion)

• अभिगच्छन्ति (abhigacchanti) - they experience (they approach, they obtain, they experience)

• व्योम-भागः (vyoma-bhāgaḥ) - a portion of the sky (part of the sky, region of space)

• मलम् (malam) - impurity (impurity, dirt, stain)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• न (na) - nor (not, nor)

• आपदा (āpadā) - due to adversity (by adversity, by misfortune)

• म्लानिम् (mlānim) - fading or decay (fading, withering, decay, languor)

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they succumb to (lit. come to, attain) (they come, they attain, they approach)

• निशि (niśi) - at night

• हेम-अम्बुजम् (hema-ambujam) - a golden lotus (golden lotus)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

खेदम् (khedam) - distress (distress, sorrow, exhaustion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kheda

kheda - distress, sorrow, exhaustion, fatigue

Root: khid

अभिगच्छन्ति (abhigacchanti) - they experience (they approach, they obtain, they experience)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

present active

root gam (1P)

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

व्योम-भागः (vyoma-bhāgaḥ) - a portion of the sky (part of the sky, region of space)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyoma-bhāga

vyoma-bhāga - part of the sky, region of space

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+bhāga)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vyu
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)
  root bhaj (1A) + ghañ
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

मलम् (malam) - impurity (impurity, dirt, stain)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, sin

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - nor (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

आपदा (āpadā) - due to adversity (by adversity, by misfortune)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - adversity, misfortune, calamity

from ā + pad (4A)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

म्लानिम् (mlānim) - fading or decay (fading, withering, decay, languor)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mlāni

mlāni - fading, withering, languor, decay

root mlai (1P) + ni

Root: mlai (class 1)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they succumb to (lit. come to, attain) (they come, they attain, they approach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

present active

root yā (2P)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

निशि (niśi) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

हेम-अम्बुजम् (hema-ambujam) - a golden lotus (golden lotus)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hema-ambuja

hema-ambuja - golden lotus

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (hema+ambuja)

• hema – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• ambuja – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  from ambu + jan (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used as a subject in the comparison, implied predicate verb (mlānim na āyāti).

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

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