योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-14

व्यवहारपरोऽप्यन्तरसक्तमतिरेकधीः ।
स्पृश्यते नैनसा साधुर्मत्स्येक्षणमिवाम्भसा ॥ १४ ॥

vyavahāraparo'pyantarasaktamatirekadhīḥ ,
spṛśyate nainasā sādhurmatsyekṣaṇamivāmbhasā 14

14. vyavahāraparaḥ api antara-asakta-matiḥ eka-dhīḥ
spṛśyate na enasā sādhuḥ matsya-īkṣaṇam iva ambhasā

14. sādhuḥ vyavahāraparaḥ api antara-asakta-matiḥ
eka-dhīḥ enasā na spṛśyate matsya-īkṣaṇam ambhasā iva

14. A virtuous person (sādhu), though engaged in worldly activities, whose mind is internally unattached and singularly focused, is not tainted by sin, just as a fish's eye is not affected by water.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवहारपरः (vyavahāraparaḥ) - engaged in worldly affairs, devoted to practical life

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• अन्तर-असक्त-मतिः (antara-asakta-matiḥ) - one whose mind is internally unattached

• एक-धीः (eka-dhīḥ) - single-minded, concentrated on one truth

• स्पृश्यते (spṛśyate) - is touched, is stained, is affected

• न (na) - not, no

• एनसा (enasā) - by sin, by fault, by offense

• साधुः (sādhuḥ) - the virtuous person, the sage, the good person

• मत्स्य-ईक्षणम् (matsya-īkṣaṇam) - the eye of a fish

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवहारपरः (vyavahāraparaḥ) - engaged in worldly affairs, devoted to practical life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavahārapara

vyavahārapara - engaged in worldly affairs, devoted to practical life

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyavahāra+para)

• vyavahāra – worldly affairs, conduct, practice
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• para – devoted to, intent on, supreme
  adjective

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

अन्तर-असक्त-मतिः (antara-asakta-matiḥ) - one whose mind is internally unattached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarasaktamati

antarasaktamati - one whose mind is internally unattached

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (antara+asakta+mati)

• antara – inner, internal, within
  indeclinable
• asakta – unattached, free from attachment
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sañj' with negative prefix 'a'
  Prefix: a
  Root: sañj (class 7)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

एक-धीः (eka-dhīḥ) - single-minded, concentrated on one truth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekadhī

ekadhī - single-minded, having one aim, concentrated on one truth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+dhī)

• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective
• dhī – intellect, understanding, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyai (class 1)

स्पृश्यते (spṛśyate) - is touched, is stained, is affected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एनसा (enasā) - by sin, by fault, by offense

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of enas

enas - sin, fault, offense, crime

साधुः (sādhuḥ) - the virtuous person, the sage, the good person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, sage, holy man

मत्स्य-ईक्षणम् (matsya-īkṣaṇam) - the eye of a fish

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of matsyekṣaṇa

matsyekṣaṇa - eye of a fish

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpurusha (matsya+īkṣaṇa)

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Used here in a simile, acting adverbially as 'like a fish's eye'.

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Previous Verse Next Verse