योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-5, verse-25

देहेनास्य न संबन्धो मनागेवामलात्मनः ।
हेम्नः पङ्कलवेनेव तद्गतस्यापि मानवाः ॥ २५ ॥

dehenāsya na saṃbandho manāgevāmalātmanaḥ ,
hemnaḥ paṅkalaveneva tadgatasyāpi mānavāḥ 25

25. dehena asya na sambandhaḥ manāk eva amalaātmanaḥ
| hemnaḥ paṅkalavena iva tatgatasya api mānavāḥ ||

25. he mānavāḥ,
amalaātmanaḥ asya dehena manāk eva sambandhaḥ na (asti).
hemnaḥ paṅkalavena iva,
tatgatasya api (sattvaḥ asti).

25. O human beings, this pure self (ātman) has not even the slightest connection with the body, just as gold has no connection with a speck of mud, even if it happens to be within it.

Words meanings summery:

• देहेन (dehena) - by the body, with the body

• अस्य (asya) - of this, his

• न (na) - not

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, association

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, scarcely

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• अमलआत्मनः (amalaātmanaḥ) - of the pure self (ātman), of the untainted soul

• हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

• पङ्कलवेन (paṅkalavena) - by a speck of mud

• इव (iva) - as, like, as if

• तत्गतस्य (tatgatasya) - of that which has gone into it, of that which is contained therein

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O human beings, O men

Words meanings and morphology

देहेन (dehena) - by the body, with the body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih (class 2)

Note: Instrument for 'sambandhaḥ'.

अस्य (asya) - of this, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'ātman'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, association

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation

From 'sam' (with) + 'bandh' (to bind).

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asti'.

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, scarcely

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अमलआत्मनः (amalaātmanaḥ) - of the pure self (ātman), of the untainted soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amalaātman

amalaātman - pure self, untainted soul

Karmadhāraya compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (amala+ātman)

• amala – spotless, pure, untainted
  adjective (masculine)
  From a (negation) + mala (dirt, impurity).
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the self whose nature is pure.

हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - of gold

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Note: Genitive of comparison.

पङ्कलवेन (paṅkalavena) - by a speck of mud

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paṅkalava

paṅkalava - a particle of mud, a speck of dirt

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+lava)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• lava – a bit, particle, speck
  noun (masculine)
  From root lū (to cut).
  Root: lū (class 9)

Note: Instrument in the comparison.

इव (iva) - as, like, as if

(indeclinable)

तत्गतस्य (tatgatasya) - of that which has gone into it, of that which is contained therein

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tatgata

tatgata - gone into that, being in that, contained therein

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+gata)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• gata – gone, entered, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'heman' (gold).

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O human beings, O men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, son of Manu

Note: Direct address.