योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-5, verse-32

कर्दमादि यथा हेम्ना श्लिष्टिमेति पृथक्स्थितम् ।
नान्तःपरिणतिं याति जडो देहस्तथात्मना ॥ ३२ ॥

kardamādi yathā hemnā śliṣṭimeti pṛthaksthitam ,
nāntaḥpariṇatiṃ yāti jaḍo dehastathātmanā 32

32. kardama ādi yathā hemnā śliṣṭim eti pṛthaksthitam
na antaḥpariṇatim yāti jaḍaḥ dehaḥ tathā ātmanā

32. yathā pṛthaksthitam kardama ādi hemnā śliṣṭim eti na antaḥpariṇatim
yāti tathā jaḍaḥ dehaḥ ātmanā na antaḥpariṇatim yāti

32. Just as mud and other impurities, though existing separately, may come into contact with gold, yet the gold does not undergo an internal transformation; similarly, the inert body (jaḍa deha) does not undergo an internal transformation through the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• कर्दम (kardama) - mud, dirt

• आदि (ādi) - etcetera, and so forth, beginning

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हेम्ना (hemnā) - by gold

• श्लिष्टिम् (śliṣṭim) - contact, union, adherence

• एति (eti) - comes into contact (goes, comes, obtains)

• पृथक्स्थितम् (pṛthaksthitam) - standing separately, situated apart

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्तःपरिणतिम् (antaḥpariṇatim) - internal transformation

• याति (yāti) - undergoes (goes, comes, obtains, reaches)

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, form

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by the soul

Words meanings and morphology

कर्दम (kardama) - mud, dirt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kardama

kardama - mud, dirt, mire

Note: First part of the compound 'kardamādi'.

आदि (ādi) - etcetera, and so forth, beginning

(indeclinable)

Note: Second part of the compound 'kardamādi'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

हेम्ना (hemnā) - by gold

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

श्लिष्टिम् (śliṣṭim) - contact, union, adherence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śliṣṭi

śliṣṭi - contact, union, adherence, embrace

From root śliṣ

Root: śliṣ (class 1)

एति (eti) - comes into contact (goes, comes, obtains)

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

पृथक्स्थितम् (pṛthaksthitam) - standing separately, situated apart

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthaksthita

pṛthaksthita - standing separately, situated apart

Compound of pṛthak (separate) and sthita (stood, situated)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthak+sthita)

• pṛthak – separately, apart, distinct
  indeclinable
• sthita – stood, standing, situated, existing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `kardamādi`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्तःपरिणतिम् (antaḥpariṇatim) - internal transformation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of antaḥpariṇati

antaḥpariṇati - internal transformation, inward change

Compound of antar (internal) and pariṇati (transformation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+pariṇati)

• antar – within, internal, inner
  indeclinable
• pariṇati – transformation, change, development
  noun (feminine)
  From root ṇam with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: ṇam (class 1)

याति (yāti) - undergoes (goes, comes, obtains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, stiff, inert, insentient, dull, stupid

Note: Agrees with 'dehaḥ'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, shape

Root: dih (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by the soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - the Self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)