योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-118

वस्तुनः श्लेषमात्रेण घनरञ्जितमेति धीः ।
गतेऽपि वस्तुनि दृढं बुद्धिर्यत्परितापिता ॥ ११८ ॥

vastunaḥ śleṣamātreṇa ghanarañjitameti dhīḥ ,
gate'pi vastuni dṛḍhaṃ buddhiryatparitāpitā 118

118. vastunaḥ śleṣamātreṇa ghanarañjitam eti dhīḥ
gate api vastuni dṛḍham buddhiḥ yat paritāpitā

118. dhīḥ vastunaḥ śleṣamātreṇa ghanarañjitam eti.
yat gate api vastuni buddhiḥ dṛḍham paritāpitā [bhavati].

118. Merely by contact with an object, the mind (dhī) becomes deeply colored. This is because, even when the object has departed, the intellect (buddhi) remains firmly tormented.

Words meanings summery:

• वस्तुनः (vastunaḥ) - of an object, of a thing, of reality

• श्लेषमात्रेण (śleṣamātreṇa) - merely by contact, by touch alone, by mere adhesion

• घनरञ्जितम् (ghanarañjitam) - deeply colored, intensely stained

• एति (eti) - becomes (deeply colored) (goes, attains, approaches)

• धीः (dhīḥ) - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

• गते (gate) - gone, departed, passed away

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in the object, on the thing

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly (tormented) (firmly, strongly, deeply, fixedly)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

• यत् (yat) - because (conjunction) (that, which, because)

• परितापिता (paritāpitā) - tormented, distressed, afflicted, heated

Words meanings and morphology

वस्तुनः (vastunaḥ) - of an object, of a thing, of reality

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, reality, substance

श्लेषमात्रेण (śleṣamātreṇa) - merely by contact, by touch alone, by mere adhesion

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śleṣamātra

śleṣamātra - mere contact, bare adhesion

Compound: śleṣa (contact, embrace) + mātra (mere, only).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śleṣa+mātra)

• śleṣa – contact, adhesion, embrace, union
  noun (masculine)
  From root śliṣ (to cling, embrace) + ghañ (kṛt suffix).
  Root: ślis (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure, quantity
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix -mātra added to a noun.

घनरञ्जितम् (ghanarañjitam) - deeply colored, intensely stained

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghanarañjita

ghanarañjita - deeply colored, intensely stained

Compound: ghana (dense, intense) + rañjita (colored, dyed).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ghana+rañjita)

• ghana – dense, thick, intense, solid
  adjective (neuter)
• rañjita – colored, dyed, delighted
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rañj (to color, dye, please).
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective or adverb, modifying the action of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - becomes (deeply colored) (goes, attains, approaches)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice, 3rd Person, Singular

From root i (to go).

Root: i (class 2)

धीः (dhīḥ) - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

From root dhyai (to meditate, think).

Root: dhyai (class 1)

गते (gate) - gone, departed, passed away

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go, move).

Root: gam (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वस्तुनि (vastuni) - in the object, on the thing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - object, thing, reality, substance

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly (tormented) (firmly, strongly, deeply, fixedly)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, fixed, steady

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛh (to be firm, strong, grow).

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Used here adverbially, modifying `paritāpitā`.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

From root budh (to know, perceive) + ti (kṛt suffix).

Root: budh (class 1)

यत् (yat) - because (conjunction) (that, which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, because

Note: Used as a conjunction 'because'.

परितापिता (paritāpitā) - tormented, distressed, afflicted, heated

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paritāpita

paritāpita - tormented, distressed, afflicted, heated

Past Passive Participle

From prefix pari- (around, completely) + root tap (to heat, torment) + ṇic (causative) + kta (suffix for PPP).

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 1)