योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-17

कुटिला कोमलस्पर्शा विषवैषम्यशंसिनी ।
दशत्यपि मनाक्स्पृष्टा तृष्णा कृष्णेव भोगिनी ॥ १७ ॥

kuṭilā komalasparśā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī ,
daśatyapi manākspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva bhoginī 17

17. kuṭilā komalasparśā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī daśati
api manāk spṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇā iva bhoginī

17. Craving (tṛṣṇā) is crooked and soft to the touch, yet it forebodes the venomous discord of poison. Even when merely touched, it bites, just like a black female serpent (bhoginī).

Words meanings summery:

• कुटिला (kuṭilā) - crooked, bent, deceitful

• कोमलस्पर्शा (komalasparśā) - soft to the touch, having a gentle touch

• विषवैषम्यशंसिनी (viṣavaiṣamyaśaṁsinī) - indicating the virulence/discord of poison, proclaiming poisonous inequality

• दशति (daśati) - bites, stings

• अपि (api) - even, also, though, in addition

• मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little

• स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched, contacted

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving, thirst, desire, longing

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - black, dark; a black female (snake)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• भोगिनी (bhoginī) - a female snake, a cobra; one who enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

कुटिला (kuṭilā) - crooked, bent, deceitful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuṭila

kuṭila - crooked, bent, winding, deceitful, complex

कोमलस्पर्शा (komalasparśā) - soft to the touch, having a gentle touch

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of komalasparśa

komalasparśa - soft touch; one who has a soft touch

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (komala+sparśa)

• komala – soft, tender, delicate, gentle
  adjective (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact; sense of touch
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

विषवैषम्यशंसिनी (viṣavaiṣamyaśaṁsinī) - indicating the virulence/discord of poison, proclaiming poisonous inequality

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī

viṣavaiṣamyaśaṁsinī - feminine of viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsin; proclaiming or indicating the virulence/discord/unevenness of poison

Agent noun / Adjective from root

Derived from root śaṃs with suffix -in, forming an agent noun/adjective, then feminized with -ī.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣa+vaiṣamya+śaṃsin)

• viṣa – poison, venom, toxin
  noun (neuter)
• vaiṣamya – unevenness, inequality, difficulty, virulence, discord
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from viṣama (uneven, difficult)
• śaṃsin – proclaiming, declaring, indicating, narrating
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun / Adjective from root
  Derived from root śaṃs with suffix -in
  Root: śaṃs (class 1)

दशति (daśati) - bites, stings

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of daś

Root: daś (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, though, in addition

(indeclinable)

मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little

(indeclinable)

स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched, contacted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spṛṣṭa

spṛṣṭa - touched, contacted, grazed; afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving, thirst, desire, longing

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, craving, desire, longing, greed

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - black, dark; a black female (snake)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue; (as a proper noun) Kṛṣṇa; (as a noun, feminine) a black female snake

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

भोगिनी (bhoginī) - a female snake, a cobra; one who enjoys

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhoginī

bhoginī - female serpent, cobra; a woman who enjoys (bhoga), a wealthy woman

Feminine of bhogin (one who enjoys, has hood/wealth)