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.

7. אף על פי שהוא סוער בתוך המעשה ומוקף בחיבה ובאיבה, אין נטפל אליו שום כתם פנימי, כשם שפרח הלוטוס במים אינו נרטב.

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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