योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-26

महतां संगमेनार्तिः कस्य नाम न नश्यति ।
संदेहं तु परामार्तिमाहुरार्तिविदो जनाः ॥ २६ ॥

mahatāṃ saṃgamenārtiḥ kasya nāma na naśyati ,
saṃdehaṃ tu parāmārtimāhurārtivido janāḥ 26

26. mahatām saṅgamena ārtiḥ kasya nāma na naśyati
saṃdeham tu paramām ārtim āhuḥ ārtividaḥ janāḥ

26. mahatām saṅgamena kasya nāma ārtiḥ na naśyati
tu ārtividaḥ janāḥ saṃdeham paramām ārtim āhuḥ

26. Indeed, whose suffering (ārti) does not vanish through the company of great individuals? But people who understand distress (ārti) call doubt the supreme suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of noble ones, of exalted persons

• सङ्गमेन (saṅgamena) - by association, by company, by union

• आर्तिः (ārtiḥ) - distress, pain, suffering, affliction

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (used as an intensifier or expletive) (indeed, by name, forsooth)

• न (na) - not, no

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, vanishes

• संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - doubt, uncertainty

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, greatest

• आर्तिम् (ārtim) - distress, pain, suffering

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

• आर्तिविदः (ārtividaḥ) - knowers of distress, those who understand suffering

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, folk

Words meanings and morphology

महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of noble ones, of exalted persons

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, eminent, noble

Present Active Participle (originally) from √mah (to be great)

Root: mah

सङ्गमेन (saṅgamena) - by association, by company, by union

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṅgama

saṅgama - meeting, association, union, company

From sam + √gam (to go)

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

आर्तिः (ārtiḥ) - distress, pain, suffering, affliction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ārti

ārti - distress, pain, suffering, affliction, calamity

From √ṛ (to go, to move) with ā (prefix) + ti

Prefix: ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Can be masculine or neuter genitive singular.

नाम (nāma) - indeed (used as an intensifier or expletive) (indeed, by name, forsooth)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, vanishes

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root naś, class 4 (divādi), parasmaipada

Root: naś (class 4)

संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, body

From sam + √dih (to smear, to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, greatest, most excellent

Superlative of para (other, superior)

Note: Agrees with 'ārtim' (feminine accusative singular).

आर्तिम् (ārtim) - distress, pain, suffering

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ārti

ārti - distress, pain, suffering, affliction, calamity

From √ṛ (to go, to move) with ā (prefix) + ti

Prefix: ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ah

Present Active Indicative, 3rd Person Plural

Root ah, class 2 (adādi), parasmaipada, archaic/irregular form

Root: ah (class 2)

आर्तिविदः (ārtividaḥ) - knowers of distress, those who understand suffering

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ārtivid

ārtivid - knower of suffering, one who understands distress

Compound type : tatpurusha (ārti+vid)

• ārti – distress, pain, suffering
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• vid – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'janāḥ'.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature