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.

14. גם כאשר האדם הישר פעיל בענייני העולם, כשיחסו חופשי מהיקשרות וממוקד באחד, אין החטא נוגע בו, כשם שעין הדג אינה נרטבת מהמים.

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

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