योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-52

आसीत्त्यजत्युदारात्मा न नाशेऽप्युत्तमं गुणम् ।
नश्यन्नपि महान् ह्लादं न खेदं संप्रयच्छति ॥ ५२ ॥

āsīttyajatyudārātmā na nāśe'pyuttamaṃ guṇam ,
naśyannapi mahān hlādaṃ na khedaṃ saṃprayacchati 52

52. āsīt tyajati udārātmā na nāśe api uttamam guṇam
naśyan api mahān hlādam na khedam saṃprayacchati

52. āsīt udārātmā nāśe api uttamam guṇam na tyajati
mahān naśyan api hlādam na khedam saṃprayacchati

52. Indeed, a noble-hearted individual (udārātmā) does not abandon excellent qualities even amidst ruin. Even when perishing, a great entity imparts joy, not sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• आसीत् (āsīt) - Indeed (used here as an introductory particle for emphasis, though grammatically 'was') (was, existed)

• त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, leaves, gives up

• उदारात्मा (udārātmā) - a noble-hearted person (noble-hearted, generous, high-souled)

• न (na) - not, no

• नाशे (nāśe) - in ruin, in destruction, in loss

• अपि (api) - even amidst (even, also, too, although)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - best, excellent, highest

• गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, virtue, attribute, strand

• नश्यन् (naśyan) - even while perishing (perishing, being destroyed, decaying)

• अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too, although)

• महान् (mahān) - a great entity or being (great, large, mighty, noble)

• ह्लादम् (hlādam) - joy, delight, pleasure

• न (na) - not, no

• खेदम् (khedam) - sorrow, distress, pain, regret

• संप्रयच्छति (saṁprayacchati) - gives, imparts, bestows, offers

Words meanings and morphology

आसीत् (āsīt) - Indeed (used here as an introductory particle for emphasis, though grammatically 'was') (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here idiomatically, possibly as an emphatic particle 'indeed' or 'certainly', preceding the main statement.

त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, leaves, gives up

(verb)

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

Root: tyaj (class 1)

उदारात्मा (udārātmā) - a noble-hearted person (noble-hearted, generous, high-souled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udārātman

udārātman - noble-hearted, generous, high-souled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udāra+ātman)

• udāra – noble, generous, exalted
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'tyajati'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नाशे (nāśe) - in ruin, in destruction, in loss

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss

Root: naś (class 4)

अपि (api) - even amidst (even, also, too, although)

(indeclinable)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - best, excellent, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest, principal

superlative of 'ud' (up)

Note: Modifies 'guṇam'.

गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, virtue, attribute, strand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, strand, chord

नश्यन् (naśyan) - even while perishing (perishing, being destroyed, decaying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naśyat

naśyat - perishing, being destroyed, decaying

Present Active Participle

derived from root √naś (to perish, to be lost), 4th class

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'mahān'.

अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too, although)

(indeclinable)

महान् (mahān) - a great entity or being (great, large, mighty, noble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, noble, eminent

Note: Subject of 'saṃprayacchati'.

ह्लादम् (hlādam) - joy, delight, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hlāda

hlāda - joy, delight, pleasure, gratification

Root: hlād (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

खेदम् (khedam) - sorrow, distress, pain, regret

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kheda

kheda - sorrow, distress, pain, regret, weariness

Root: khid (class 6)

संप्रयच्छति (saṁprayacchati) - gives, imparts, bestows, offers

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yam (class 1)

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