योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-29, verse-13

विषं विषयवैषम्यं न विषं विषमुच्यते ।
जन्मान्तरघ्ना विषया एकदेहहरं विषम् ॥ १३ ॥

viṣaṃ viṣayavaiṣamyaṃ na viṣaṃ viṣamucyate ,
janmāntaraghnā viṣayā ekadehaharaṃ viṣam 13

13. viṣam viṣayavaiṣamyam na viṣam viṣam ucyate
janmāntaraghanāḥ viṣayāḥ ekadehaharam viṣam

13. viṣayavaiṣamyam viṣam.
(yataḥ) viṣam na viṣam ucyate.
viṣayāḥ janmāntaraghanāḥ (bhavanti),
viṣam ekadehaharam (asti).

13. The harmfulness associated with sense objects (viṣaya) is (the real) poison; (what is commonly called) poison is not (the real) poison. Sense objects are destroyers of future births (saṃsāra), whereas (material) poison takes only one body.

Words meanings summery:

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

• विषयवैषम्यम् (viṣayavaiṣamyam) - the harmfulness/danger of sense objects, the imbalance caused by sense objects

• न (na) - not, no

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• जन्मान्तरघनाः (janmāntaraghanāḥ) - destroyers of future births, those that kill other lives

• विषयाः (viṣayāḥ) - sense objects, objects of the senses

• एकदेहहरम् (ekadehaharam) - destroying a single body, taking one life

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

Words meanings and morphology

विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, danger

विषयवैषम्यम् (viṣayavaiṣamyam) - the harmfulness/danger of sense objects, the imbalance caused by sense objects

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣayavaiṣamya

viṣayavaiṣamya - danger/harmfulness of sense objects, imbalance of sense objects

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+vaiṣamya)

• viṣaya – object of sense, field, sphere, subject
  noun (masculine)
• vaiṣamya – unevenness, inequality, difficulty, danger, harmfulness
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, danger

विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, danger

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जन्मान्तरघनाः (janmāntaraghanāḥ) - destroyers of future births, those that kill other lives

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janmāntaraghna

janmāntaraghna - destroying future births, killing other lives

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (janmāntara+ghna)

• janmāntara – another birth, a future life
  noun (neuter)
• ghna – killer, destroyer, striking
  adjective/noun
  Root: han (class 2)

विषयाः (viṣayāḥ) - sense objects, objects of the senses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, field, sphere, subject

एकदेहहरम् (ekadehaharam) - destroying a single body, taking one life

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ekadehahara

ekadehahara - destroying one body, taking one life

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (eka+deha+hara)

• eka – one, single, unique
  pronoun/numeral
• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)
• hara – taking, seizing, destroying, removing
  adjective/noun
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, danger