योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-23, verse-36

दर्शनादेव मित्रत्वं कुर्वतां महतां पुरः ।
कमलानीव भूतानि विकसन्त्याश्वसन्ति च ॥ ३६ ॥

darśanādeva mitratvaṃ kurvatāṃ mahatāṃ puraḥ ,
kamalānīva bhūtāni vikasantyāśvasanti ca 36

36. darśanāt eva mitratvam kurvatām mahatām puraḥ
kamalāni iva bhūtāni vikasanti āśvasanti ca

36. mahatām puraḥ darśanāt eva mitratvam kurvatām (sannidhau),
bhūtāni kamalāni iva vikasanti ca āśvasanti

36. In the presence of great persons who form friendships merely by seeing, beings blossom and feel reassured, just like lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from sight, by seeing, from appearance

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship

• कुर्वताम् (kurvatām) - of those who do, of those who make

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of noble ones

• पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, in the presence of

• कमलानि (kamalāni) - lotuses

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

• विकसन्ति (vikasanti) - blossom, expand, open up

• आश्वसन्ति (āśvasanti) - feel reassured, breathe freely, become confident

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from sight, by seeing, from appearance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, vision, doctrine, philosophy

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mitratva

mitratva - friendship

Derived from mitra (friend) + -tva (suffix for abstract nouns)

कुर्वताम् (kurvatām) - of those who do, of those who make

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle

From root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of noble ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, noble, exalted

पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, in the presence of

(indeclinable)

कमलानि (kamalāni) - lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kamala

kamala - lotus flower, water-lily

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

विकसन्ति (vikasanti) - blossom, expand, open up

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: kas (class 1)

आश्वसन्ति (āśvasanti) - feel reassured, breathe freely, become confident

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)