योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-52

वस्त्वस्थानगतं सर्वं शुभमप्यशुभं भवेत् ।
दुर्मेघं स्थानमासाद्य वारि त्वसिततां गतम् ॥ ५२ ॥

vastvasthānagataṃ sarvaṃ śubhamapyaśubhaṃ bhavet ,
durmeghaṃ sthānamāsādya vāri tvasitatāṃ gatam 52

52. vastu-asthāna-gataṃ sarvaṃ śubham api aśubhaṃ bhavet
dur-meghaṃ sthānam āsādya vāri tu asitatāṃ gatam

52. sarvaṃ vastu asthāna-gataṃ śubham api aśubhaṃ bhavet.
tu vāri dur-meghaṃ sthānam āsādya asitatāṃ gatam.

52. Any object, even if inherently good, can become unfavorable if it is placed in an inappropriate location. For example, water, having reached a place of dark clouds, itself acquires blackness.

Words meanings summery:

• वस्तु-अस्थान-गतं (vastu-asthāna-gataṁ) - a thing that has gone to an improper place

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - everything (used as a noun) (all, every, everything)

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

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

• अशुभं (aśubhaṁ) - inauspicious, evil, bad

• भवेत् (bhavet) - can become (may become, should become)

• दुर्-मेघं (dur-meghaṁ) - a place of dark clouds (dark cloud, bad cloud)

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, location, abode

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having attained, having obtained

• वारि (vāri) - water

• तु (tu) - for example (introduces the illustration) (but, indeed, yet)

• असिततां (asitatāṁ) - blackness, darkness

• गतम् (gatam) - acquired (blackness), turned (black) (gone, attained, become)

Words meanings and morphology

वस्तु-अस्थान-गतं (vastu-asthāna-gataṁ) - a thing that has gone to an improper place

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu-asthāna-gata

vastu-asthāna-gata - an object that has reached an unsuitable/improper place

`gata` (gone, reached) is a Past Passive Participle. `a-sthāna` is a negative compound for 'improper place'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vastu+a-sthāna+gata)

• vastu – thing, object, substance, reality, matter
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas
• a-sthāna – improper place, wrong place, not a place
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
  Root: sthā
• gata – gone, reached, obtained, become
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam 'to go'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - everything (used as a noun) (all, every, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Universal pronoun.

Note: Subject of the verb 'bhavet'.

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, fortunate, good, beautiful, splendid

Root: śubh (class 1)

अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अशुभं (aśubhaṁ) - inauspicious, evil, bad

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, bad, evil, unfortunate

`a` (negation) + `śubha` (auspicious).

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• śubha – auspicious, good, fortunate, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)

भवेत् (bhavet) - can become (may become, should become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root bhū (1st class, Parasmaipada).

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्-मेघं (dur-meghaṁ) - a place of dark clouds (dark cloud, bad cloud)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dur-megha

dur-megha - bad cloud, dark cloud; a place/state with bad clouds

`dur` (bad, difficult) + `megha` (cloud).

Compound type : Pra-Tatpuruṣa (dus+megha)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill- (prefix)
  indeclinable
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: migh (class 1)

स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, location, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, location, position, abode, situation

Derived from root sthā 'to stand'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having attained, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root sad (1st class) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

Note: Subject of 'gatam' (implicitly 'bhavati').

तु (tu) - for example (introduces the illustration) (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

असिततां (asitatāṁ) - blackness, darkness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asitatā

asitatā - blackness, darkness

Derived from 'asita' (black) with the feminine suffix 'tā' for abstract noun.

Note: Object of 'gatam'.

गतम् (gatam) - acquired (blackness), turned (black) (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, become, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam 'to go'.

Root: gam (class 1)