योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-8

तावच्छीतमृदुस्पर्शाः परे स्वे च जने जनाः ।
वात्ययेव हिमं यावच्छ्रिया न परुषीकृताः ॥ ८ ॥

tāvacchītamṛdusparśāḥ pare sve ca jane janāḥ ,
vātyayeva himaṃ yāvacchriyā na paruṣīkṛtāḥ 8

8. tāvat śīta-mṛdu-sparśāḥ pare sve ca jane janāḥ
vātyayā iva himam yāvat śriyā na paruṣīkṛtāḥ

8. People remain gentle and soft-spoken towards both strangers and their own kin only as long as they have not been made harsh by prosperity (śriyā), just as snow is (not hardened) by a fierce wind.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, to that extent, for so long

• शीत-मृदु-स्पर्शाः (śīta-mṛdu-sparśāḥ) - having a cold and soft touch, gentle and pleasing

• परे (pare) - towards others, strangers

• स्वे (sve) - towards one's own people, kin

• च (ca) - and

• जने (jane) - in a person, towards a person

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• वात्यया (vātyayā) - by a strong wind, by a storm

• इव (iva) - like, as

• हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, by wealth, by fortune

• न (na) - not

• परुषीकृताः (paruṣīkṛtāḥ) - made harsh, hardened, roughened

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, to that extent, for so long

(indeclinable)

शीत-मृदु-स्पर्शाः (śīta-mṛdu-sparśāḥ) - having a cold and soft touch, gentle and pleasing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīta-mṛdu-sparśa

śīta-mṛdu-sparśa - having a cool and soft touch/nature, gentle-natured

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīta+mṛdu+sparśa)

• śīta – cold, cool
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √śyai (to freeze)
  Root: √śyai (class 1)
• mṛdu – soft, tender, gentle, mild
  adjective (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact, sensation, manner
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √spṛś (to touch)
  Root: √spṛś (class 6)

परे (pare) - towards others, strangers

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, stranger, supreme

स्वे (sve) - towards one's own people, kin

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, relative, kin

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जने (jane) - in a person, towards a person

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people (collectively)

Root: √jan (class 4)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people (collectively)

Root: √jan (class 4)

वात्यया (vātyayā) - by a strong wind, by a storm

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vātyā

vātyā - a strong wind, a gale, a hurricane

Derived from vāta (wind) with suffix -ya

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

हिमम् (himam) - snow, ice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hima

hima - cold, frost, snow, ice

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

श्रिया (śriyā) - by prosperity, by wealth, by fortune

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, the goddess Lakshmi

Root: √śrī (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

परुषीकृताः (paruṣīkṛtāḥ) - made harsh, hardened, roughened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paruṣīkṛta

paruṣīkṛta - made harsh, hardened, roughened, stiffened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the denominative verb 'paruṣīkṛ' (to make harsh), which is formed from 'paruṣa' (harsh) + √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)