योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-104, verse-38

सन्तो विदितवेद्या ये ते हि हर्षविषादजाम् ।
नाश्रयन्ति स्थितिं स्वस्थाः पद्मा इव जलार्द्रताम् ॥ ३८ ॥

santo viditavedyā ye te hi harṣaviṣādajām ,
nāśrayanti sthitiṃ svasthāḥ padmā iva jalārdratām 38

38. santaḥ viditavedyāḥ ye te hi harṣaviṣādajām na
āśrayanti sthitim svasthāḥ padmāḥ iva jalārdratām

38. ye santaḥ viditavedyāḥ te hi svasthāḥ harṣaviṣādajām
sthitim na āśrayanti padmāḥ iva jalārdratām

38. Indeed, those noble persons (santaḥ) who know what is to be known, being self-possessed, do not resort to mental states born of joy and sorrow, just as lotuses do not depend on moisture.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - good people, noble persons, saints

• विदितवेद्याः (viditavedyāḥ) - those by whom what is to be known has been known

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• ते (te) - they, those

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• हर्षविषादजाम् (harṣaviṣādajām) - born of joy and sorrow

• न (na) - not, no

• आश्रयन्ति (āśrayanti) - they resort to, they take refuge in, they depend on

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, situation, continuance

• स्वस्थाः (svasthāḥ) - self-possessed, healthy, independent, being in one's natural state

• पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

• इव (iva) - as, like, as if

• जलार्द्रताम् (jalārdratām) - moisture, wetness (from water)

Words meanings and morphology

सन्तः (santaḥ) - good people, noble persons, saints

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sant

sant - good, virtuous, excellent; a good person, saint

present active participle

present active participle of 'as' (to be), used substantively

Root: as (class 2)

विदितवेद्याः (viditavedyāḥ) - those by whom what is to be known has been known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viditavedya

viditavedya - one by whom what is to be known has been known

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidita+vedya)

• vidita – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedya – to be known, knowable, perceptible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye'

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

हर्षविषादजाम् (harṣaviṣādajām) - born of joy and sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of harṣaviṣādaja

harṣaviṣādaja - born from joy and sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (harṣa+viṣāda+ja)

• harṣa – joy, delight, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛṣ
• viṣāda – despondency, dejection, sorrow
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sad
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आश्रयन्ति (āśrayanti) - they resort to, they take refuge in, they depend on

(verb)

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

present active

root 'śri' with prefix 'ā', present active, 3rd person plural

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, situation, continuance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, position, firm devotion

from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā

स्वस्थाः (svasthāḥ) - self-possessed, healthy, independent, being in one's natural state

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svastha

svastha - self-possessed, independent, healthy, being in one's own state

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+stha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā

पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padmā

padmā - lotus (flower)

इव (iva) - as, like, as if

(indeclinable)

जलार्द्रताम् (jalārdratām) - moisture, wetness (from water)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jalārdratā

jalārdratā - wetness, moisture

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ārdrata)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ārdrata – wetness, moistness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'ārdra' (wet) with suffix '-tā'