महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-23

मृन्मये भाजने पक्वे यथा वै न्यस्यते द्रवः ।
तथा शरीरं तपसा तप्तं विषयमश्नुते ॥२३॥

23. mṛnmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai nyasyate dravaḥ ,
tathā śarīraṁ tapasā taptaṁ viṣayamaśnute.

23. mṛnmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai nyasyate dravaḥ
tathā śarīram tapasā taptam viṣayam aśnute

23. yathā vai pakhve mṛnmaye bhājane dravaḥ nyasyate,
tathā tapasā taptam śarīram viṣayam aśnute

23. Just as liquid is indeed poured into a baked earthen vessel, so too the body, having been purified by ascetic practice (tapas), experiences the objects of the senses.

Words meanings summery:

• मृन्मये (mṛnmaye) - in an earthen, made of clay

• भाजने (bhājane) - in a vessel, in a pot

• पक्वे (pakve) - in a baked (vessel) (in a baked, when baked)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• न्यस्यते (nyasyate) - is placed, is poured

• द्रवः (dravaḥ) - liquid, fluid

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• तपसा (tapasā) - by penance, by austerity, by spiritual discipline

• तप्तम् (taptam) - purified (by ascetic practice) (heated, purified (by tapas), disciplined)

• विषयम् (viṣayam) - object of sense, sense-objects, worldly things

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, enjoys, experiences

Words meanings and morphology

मृन्मये (mṛnmaye) - in an earthen, made of clay

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mṛnmayā

mṛnmayā - made of earth or clay, earthen

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛt+maya)

• mṛt – earth, clay
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix forming adjectives 'made of'

भाजने (bhājane) - in a vessel, in a pot

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhājana

bhājana - vessel, pot, receptacle, dish

Root: bhaj (class 1)

पक्वे (pakve) - in a baked (vessel) (in a baked, when baked)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of pakva

pakva - cooked, baked, ripe, mature

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pac (to cook, ripen)

Root: pac (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

न्यस्यते (nyasyate) - is placed, is poured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nyasyate

Prefix: ni

Root: as (class 4)

द्रवः (dravaḥ) - liquid, fluid

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drava

drava - liquid, fluid, water, swift

Root: dru (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form, frame, physical organism

तपसा (tapasā) - by penance, by austerity, by spiritual discipline

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, austerity, spiritual discipline, heat

तप्तम् (taptam) - purified (by ascetic practice) (heated, purified (by tapas), disciplined)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapta

tapta - heated, purified by heat, scorched, performed with austerity

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tap (to heat, suffer penance)

Root: tap (class 1)

विषयम् (viṣayam) - object of sense, sense-objects, worldly things

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, subject, sphere, range, worldly object

अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, enjoys, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of aśnute

Root: aś (class 5)