योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-1

मुनिरुवाच ।
सर्वेषामेव धर्माणां कर्मणां शर्मणामपि ।
पण्डितः पुण्डरीकाणां मार्तण्ड इव मण्डनम् ॥ १ ॥

muniruvāca ,
sarveṣāmeva dharmāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ śarmaṇāmapi ,
paṇḍitaḥ puṇḍarīkāṇāṃ mārtaṇḍa iva maṇḍanam 1

1. muniḥ uvāca sarveṣām eva dharmāṇām karmaṇām śarmaṇām
api paṇḍitaḥ puṇḍarīkāṇām mārtaṇḍaḥ iva maṇḍanam

1. muniḥ uvāca: sarveṣām eva dharmāṇām,
karmaṇām,
śarmaṇām api,
paṇḍitaḥ,
puṇḍarīkāṇām mārtaṇḍaḥ iva,
maṇḍanam (asti).

1. The sage said: Indeed, among all virtues (dharma), actions (karma), and even sources of happiness, a wise person is an adornment, just as the sun is for lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - The speaker of the verse. (sage, ascetic, seer)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Refers to what the sage uttered. (spoke, said, stated)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - Modifies dharmāṇām, karmaṇām, and śarmaṇām, indicating generality. (of all, of everyone)

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'of all' in the context of virtues, actions, and happiness. (indeed, certainly, only)

• धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - Refers to the category of virtues or righteous conduct. (of duties (dharma), of virtues, of natural laws (dharma), of principles)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - Refers to the category of actions or deeds. (of actions (karma), of deeds)

• शर्मणाम् (śarmaṇām) - Refers to the category of happiness or sources of joy. (of happiness, of joys, of welfare)

• अपि (api) - Emphasizes the inclusion of 'happiness' in the list. (also, even, too)

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - The main subject of the comparison, being an adornment. (the wise person, the scholar, the learned)

• पुण्डरीकाणाम् (puṇḍarīkāṇām) - The group of objects for which the sun is an adornment, drawing a comparison. (of lotuses, of white lotuses)

• मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - The agent in the comparison that adorns lotuses. (the sun, a sun god)

• इव (iva) - Particle of comparison, linking the wise person to the sun. (like, as, as if)

• मण्डनम् (maṇḍanam) - Predicate nominative for paṇḍitaḥ, implying the wise person 'is' an adornment. (an ornament, adornment, decoration)

Words meanings and morphology

मुनिः (muniḥ) - The speaker of the verse. (sage, ascetic, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

From root man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - Refers to what the sage uttered. (spoke, said, stated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect (liṭ) form of the root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - Modifies dharmāṇām, karmaṇām, and śarmaṇām, indicating generality. (of all, of everyone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Pronominal adjective.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'of all' in the context of virtues, actions, and happiness. (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - Refers to the category of virtues or righteous conduct. (of duties (dharma), of virtues, of natural laws (dharma), of principles)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - constitution (dharma), natural law (dharma), intrinsic nature (dharma), duty, virtue, righteousness, cosmic order

From root dhṛ (to hold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - Refers to the category of actions or deeds. (of actions (karma), of deeds)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, rite, consequence of action (karma)

From root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शर्मणाम् (śarmaṇām) - Refers to the category of happiness or sources of joy. (of happiness, of joys, of welfare)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of śarman

śarman - happiness, joy, welfare, protection

From root śam (to be tranquil).

Root: śam (class 4)

अपि (api) - Emphasizes the inclusion of 'happiness' in the list. (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - The main subject of the comparison, being an adornment. (the wise person, the scholar, the learned)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - wise person, scholar, learned person

From paṇḍ (to collect, heap up knowledge).

Root: paṇḍ (class 1)

पुण्डरीकाणाम् (puṇḍarīkāṇām) - The group of objects for which the sun is an adornment, drawing a comparison. (of lotuses, of white lotuses)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of puṇḍarīka

puṇḍarīka - lotus, white lotus

मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - The agent in the comparison that adorns lotuses. (the sun, a sun god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārtaṇḍa

mārtaṇḍa - the sun, sun god (a name for the sun)

Said to be born from a dead egg (mṛta-aṇḍa).

इव (iva) - Particle of comparison, linking the wise person to the sun. (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

मण्डनम् (maṇḍanam) - Predicate nominative for paṇḍitaḥ, implying the wise person 'is' an adornment. (an ornament, adornment, decoration)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maṇḍana

maṇḍana - ornament, adornment, decoration

From root maṇḍ (to adorn).

Root: maṇḍ (class 10)