योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-18

ये दुरर्था दुरारम्भा दुर्गुणा दुरुदाहृताः ।
दुष्क्रमास्ते न कृन्तन्ति चित्तं यस्य समाहितम् ॥ १८ ॥

ye durarthā durārambhā durguṇā durudāhṛtāḥ ,
duṣkramāste na kṛntanti cittaṃ yasya samāhitam 18

18. ye durarthāḥ durārambhāḥ durguṇāḥ durudāhṛtāḥ |
duṣkramāḥ te na kṛntanti cittam yasya samāhitam ||

18. yasya cittam samāhitam,
ye durarthāḥ durārambhāḥ durguṇāḥ durudāhṛtāḥ duṣkramāḥ (ca santi),
te (taṃ) cittam na kṛntanti.

18. Evil intentions, misguided undertakings, bad qualities, ill-spoken words, and wrong actions—these do not perturb the mind of one whose mind is well-composed.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those which, these

• दुरर्थाः (durarthāḥ) - of bad meaning, ill-intended, evil purposes

• दुरारम्भाः (durārambhāḥ) - of bad beginnings, ill-undertaken, evil enterprises

• दुर्गुणाः (durguṇāḥ) - of bad qualities, vicious

• दुरुदाहृताः (durudāhṛtāḥ) - badly spoken, ill-expressed, ill-cited

• दुष्क्रमाः (duṣkramāḥ) - bad actions, wrong procedures, improper sequences

• ते (te) - they, these

• न (na) - not, no

• कृन्तन्ति (kṛntanti) - they cut, they sever, they disturb

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• समाहितम् (samāhitam) - composed, concentrated, tranquil, well-fixed

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those which, these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, that, what

दुरर्थाः (durarthāḥ) - of bad meaning, ill-intended, evil purposes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durartha

durartha - bad meaning, evil purpose, absurd

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+artha)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

दुरारम्भाः (durārambhāḥ) - of bad beginnings, ill-undertaken, evil enterprises

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durārambha

durārambha - bad beginning, evil undertaking

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+ārambha)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, enterprise
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

दुर्गुणाः (durguṇāḥ) - of bad qualities, vicious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durguṇa

durguṇa - bad quality, vice, vicious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+guṇa)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• guṇa – quality, virtue, strand, constituent of prakṛti
  noun (masculine)

दुरुदाहृताः (durudāhṛtāḥ) - badly spoken, ill-expressed, ill-cited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durudāhṛta

durudāhṛta - badly spoken, improperly expressed

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'duḥ' (bad, difficult) and 'udāhṛta' (spoken, expressed). 'udāhṛta' is PPP of ud-ā-hṛ.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+udāhṛta)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• udāhṛta – spoken, expressed, cited, exemplified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root hṛ with upasargas ud and ā
  Prefixes: ud+ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

दुष्क्रमाः (duṣkramāḥ) - bad actions, wrong procedures, improper sequences

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duṣkrama

duṣkrama - wrong action, improper procedure, bad sequence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+krama)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  prefix
• krama – step, order, course, action
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

ते (te) - they, these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कृन्तन्ति (kṛntanti) - they cut, they sever, they disturb

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kṛnt

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness

Root: cit (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

समाहितम् (samāhitam) - composed, concentrated, tranquil, well-fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāhita

samāhita - composed, concentrated, well-fixed, attentive

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root dhā with upasargas sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)