योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-7

व्यवहारपरोऽत्युच्चै रागद्वेषमयोऽपि सन् ।
नान्तःकलङ्कमायाति पद्मो जलगतो यथा ॥ ७ ॥

vyavahāraparo'tyuccai rāgadveṣamayo'pi san ,
nāntaḥkalaṅkamāyāti padmo jalagato yathā 7

7. vyavahāraparaḥ atyuccaiḥ rāga-dveṣamayaḥ api san
na antaḥ-kalaṅkam āyāti padmaḥ jala-gataḥ yathā

7. yathā jala-gataḥ padmaḥ (antaḥ-kalaṅkam na āyāti),
(tathā) vyavahāraparaḥ atyuccaiḥ rāga-dveṣamayaḥ api san,
antaḥ-kalaṅkam na āyāti

7. Even though fully engaged in worldly affairs and strongly influenced by attachment and aversion, such a person does not acquire inner impurity, just as a lotus remains untouched while resting on water.

Words meanings summery:

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

• अत्युच्चैः (atyuccaiḥ) - very strongly, intensely (modifying rāga-dveṣamayaḥ) (very loudly, very high, exceedingly, extremely)

• राग-द्वेषमयः (rāga-dveṣamayaḥ) - full of attachment and aversion, consisting of likes and dislikes

• अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too)

• सन् (san) - even though being (being, existing)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्तः-कलङ्कम् (antaḥ-kalaṅkam) - inner stain, internal blemish, impurity

• आयाति (āyāti) - acquires, incurs (comes, arrives, obtains, reaches)

• पद्मः (padmaḥ) - lotus

• जल-गतः (jala-gataḥ) - situated in water, gone into water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavahārapara

vyavahārapara - devoted to worldly affairs, engaged in practical life

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyavahāra+para)

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

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (a knower, jñānin).

अत्युच्चैः (atyuccaiḥ) - very strongly, intensely (modifying rāga-dveṣamayaḥ) (very loudly, very high, exceedingly, extremely)

(indeclinable)

Instrumental plural of atyucca acting as an adverb

Note: Adverbial usage.

राग-द्वेषमयः (rāga-dveṣamayaḥ) - full of attachment and aversion, consisting of likes and dislikes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāga-dveṣamaya

rāga-dveṣamaya - full of desire and hatred, consisting of attachment and aversion

Derived from rāga-dveṣa + suffix mayaṭ

Note: Qualifies the implied subject.

अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects with the present participle san to form a concessive clause.

सन् (san) - even though being (being, existing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real; a good person

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be) in the present tense, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates āyāti.

अन्तः-कलङ्कम् (antaḥ-kalaṅkam) - inner stain, internal blemish, impurity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaḥ-kalaṅka

antaḥ-kalaṅka - inner stain, internal blemish, impurity of the mind

Compound type : tatpurusha (antar+kalaṅka)

• antar – within, inside, internal
  indeclinable
• kalaṅka – stain, spot, blemish, impurity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of āyāti.

आयाति (āyāti) - acquires, incurs (comes, arrives, obtains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Null subject implied.

पद्मः (padmaḥ) - lotus

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padma

padma - lotus, water-lily

Note: Subject of the simile.

जल-गतः (jala-gataḥ) - situated in water, gone into water

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jala-gata

jala-gata - situated in water, living in water

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+gata)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, situated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies padmaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

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