योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-98, verse-24

न सज्जनाद्दूरतरः क्वचिद्भवेद्भजेत साधून्विनयक्रियान्वितः ।
स्पृशन्त्ययत्नेन हि तत्समीपगं विसारिणस्तद्गतपुष्परेणवः ॥ २४ ॥

na sajjanāddūrataraḥ kvacidbhavedbhajeta sādhūnvinayakriyānvitaḥ ,
spṛśantyayatnena hi tatsamīpagaṃ visāriṇastadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ 24

24. na sajjanāt dūrataraḥ kvacit bhavet
bhajeta sādhūn vinayakriyānvitaḥ
spṛśanti ayatnena hi tatsamīpagaṃ
visāriṇaḥ tadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ

24. sajjanāt dūrataraḥ kvacit na bhavet
vinayakriyānvitaḥ sādhūn bhajeta
hi visāriṇaḥ tadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ
ayatnena tatsamīpagaṃ spṛśanti

24. One should never be far from virtuous people. Rather, with humility and right conduct, one should associate with the wise. For just as the spreading pollen from flowers near them effortlessly touches those who come into their proximity, so too does their positive influence spread.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• सज्जनात् (sajjanāt) - from good people, from virtuous persons

• दूरतरः (dūrataraḥ) - farther, more distant

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time, anywhere

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be (one should be, it should be)

• भजेत (bhajeta) - one should associate with (one should resort to, one should worship, one should associate with)

• साधून् (sādhūn) - the wise, virtuous people (virtuous people, good people, sages)

• विनयक्रियान्वितः (vinayakriyānvitaḥ) - endowed with humility and proper conduct (endowed with humility and action/conduct)

• स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

• अयत्नेन (ayatnena) - effortlessly, without effort, unintentionally

• हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because)

• तत्समीपगं (tatsamīpagaṁ) - those who come into their proximity (that which is near them, those who are near them)

• विसारिणः (visāriṇaḥ) - spreading, diffusing (spreading, diffusing, extending)

• तद्गतपुष्परेणवः (tadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ) - the pollen from the flowers near them (the pollen particles from the flowers that are with them/on them)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सज्जनात् (sajjanāt) - from good people, from virtuous persons

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sajjana

sajjana - good person, virtuous person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+jana)

• sat – good, virtuous, true, existing
  adjective
  Root: as (class 2)
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

दूरतरः (dūrataraḥ) - farther, more distant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūratara

dūratara - farther, more distant (comparative degree of dūra)

Comparative suffix -tara added to dūra (distant).

Note: Qualifies an implied 'one' (person).

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time, anywhere

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be (one should be, it should be)

(verb)

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

optative mood, 3rd person singular

root bhū, 1st class, parasmipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

भजेत (bhajeta) - one should associate with (one should resort to, one should worship, one should associate with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhaj

optative mood, 3rd person singular

root bhaj, 1st class, ātmanepada

Root: bhaj (class 1)

साधून् (sādhūn) - the wise, virtuous people (virtuous people, good people, sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, sage, holy man

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Object of bhajeta.

विनयक्रियान्वितः (vinayakriyānvitaḥ) - endowed with humility and proper conduct (endowed with humility and action/conduct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinayakriyānvita

vinayakriyānvita - endowed with humility and action/conduct

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vinaya+kriyā+anvita)

• vinaya – humility, modesty, good conduct, discipline
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: nī (class 1)
• kriyā – action, deed, conduct, rite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• anvita – accompanied by, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' with prefix 'anu', -ta suffix
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of bhajeta.

स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person plural

root spṛś, 6th class, parasmipada

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Subject is tadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ.

अयत्नेन (ayatnena) - effortlessly, without effort, unintentionally

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ayatna

ayatna - absence of effort, without effort

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yatna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• yatna – effort, exertion, attempt
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

particle

तत्समीपगं (tatsamīpagaṁ) - those who come into their proximity (that which is near them, those who are near them)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatsamīpaga

tatsamīpaga - going near that, being near that

Compound formed from 'tat' (that), 'samīpa' (near), and 'ga' (going).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+samīpa+ga)

• tad – that, that one
  pronoun
• samīpa – near, proximity
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving, being
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  From root gam with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Masculine form 'tatsamīpagaḥ' if referring to a person. Here neuter singular is given. Could be an abstract 'that which is near'. Or it refers to 'something that has gone near them'.

विसारिणः (visāriṇaḥ) - spreading, diffusing (spreading, diffusing, extending)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of visārin

visārin - spreading, diffusing, extending, scattering

agent noun/adjective

From root sṛ with prefix vi- and suffix -in.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तद्गतपुष्परेणवः (tadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ) - the pollen from the flowers near them (the pollen particles from the flowers that are with them/on them)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadgatapuṣpareṇu

tadgatapuṣpareṇu - pollen dust that has gone to/is on them/that (e.g. virtuous people)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+gata+puṣpa+reṇu)

• tad – that, that one
  pronoun
• gata – gone, arrived at, being in
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam with suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• reṇu – dust, pollen, particle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of spṛśanti.