योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-7, verse-3

पावनीयं तव मती राजते घनरूपिणी ।
विवेकेनानलेनेव कनकद्रवसंततिः ॥ ३ ॥

pāvanīyaṃ tava matī rājate ghanarūpiṇī ,
vivekenānaleneva kanakadravasaṃtatiḥ 3

3. pāvanīyaṃ tava mati rājate ghanarūpiṇī
vivekena analena iva kanakadravasaṃtatiḥ

3. tava pāvanīyaṃ mati ghanarūpiṇī rājate
vivekena analena iva kanakadravasaṃtatiḥ

3. Your purifying intellect (matī) shines brilliantly, like a dense, flowing stream of molten gold refined by the fire of discrimination (viveka).

Words meanings summery:

• पावनीयं (pāvanīyaṁ) - purifying, capable of purifying others (purifiable, purifying, sacred)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• मति (mati) - your spiritual intellect or wisdom (mind, intellect, thought, understanding)

• राजते (rājate) - shines, glows, is splendid

• घनरूपिणी (ghanarūpiṇī) - having a solidified or concentrated form (of purity/wisdom) (having a dense form, solid-shaped, compact)

• विवेकेन (vivekena) - by spiritual discrimination (by discrimination, by discernment, by judgment)

• अनलेन (analena) - by the fire (of purification, which is discrimination) (by fire)

• इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

• कनकद्रवसंततिः (kanakadravasaṁtatiḥ) - a continuous flow/stream of molten gold

Words meanings and morphology

पावनीयं (pāvanīyaṁ) - purifying, capable of purifying others (purifiable, purifying, sacred)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāvanīya

pāvanīya - purifiable, purifying, sacred, to be cleansed

Gerundive/Future Passive Partic

Gerundive of √pū (to purify)

Root: √pū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mati'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मति (mati) - your spiritual intellect or wisdom (mind, intellect, thought, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, intention

राजते (rājate) - shines, glows, is splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (Laṭ) of √rāj

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present middle, ātmanepada of √rāj

Root: √rāj (class 1)

घनरूपिणी (ghanarūpiṇī) - having a solidified or concentrated form (of purity/wisdom) (having a dense form, solid-shaped, compact)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghanarūpiṇī

ghanarūpiṇī - having a dense form, solid-shaped, compact

Bahuvrīhi compound: ghana (dense, solid) + rūpiṇī (having the form of)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghana+rūpin)

• ghana – dense, solid, compact, thick, cloud
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpin – having a form, appearing as, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from rūpa (form)

Note: Agrees with 'mati'.

विवेकेन (vivekena) - by spiritual discrimination (by discrimination, by discernment, by judgment)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viveka

viveka - discrimination, discernment, judgment, true knowledge

Derived from vi-√vic (to separate, discern)

Prefix: vi

Root: √vic (class 7)

अनलेन (analena) - by the fire (of purification, which is discrimination) (by fire)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, god of fire

Note: Parallels 'vivekena' in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

कनकद्रवसंततिः (kanakadravasaṁtatiḥ) - a continuous flow/stream of molten gold

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanakadravasaṃtati

kanakadravasaṁtati - stream of liquid gold

Tatpuruṣa compound: kanaka (gold) + drava (liquid) + saṃtati (flow)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanaka+drava+saṃtati)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• drava – liquid, fluid, molten state
  noun (masculine)
• saṃtati – flow, continuous stream, progeny, extension
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from sam-√tan (to extend, stretch)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √tan (class 8)

Note: Subject of the simile, implicitly completing 'rājate' with 'iva'.