योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-27

यथा क्षीरस्य माधुर्यं तीक्ष्णत्वं मरिचस्य च ।
द्रवत्वं पयसश्चैव स्पन्दनं पवनस्य च ॥ २७ ॥

yathā kṣīrasya mādhuryaṃ tīkṣṇatvaṃ maricasya ca ,
dravatvaṃ payasaścaiva spandanaṃ pavanasya ca 27

27. yathā kṣīrasya mādhuryaṃ tīkṣṇatvaṃ maricasya ca
dravatvaṃ payasaḥ ca eva spandanaṃ pavanasya ca

27. yathā kṣīrasya mādhuryaṃ ca maricasya tīkṣṇatvaṃ
ca payasaḥ dravatvaṃ ca eva pavanasya spandanaṃ ca

27. Just as sweetness is inherent in milk, and pungency in pepper, and liquidity in water, and movement in wind.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• क्षीरस्य (kṣīrasya) - of milk

• माधुर्यं (mādhuryaṁ) - sweetness

• तीक्ष्णत्वं (tīkṣṇatvaṁ) - pungency, sharpness

• मरिचस्य (maricasya) - of pepper

• च (ca) - and

• द्रवत्वं (dravatvaṁ) - liquidity, fluidity

• पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water (of water, of milk, of fluid)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding 'ca' (indeed, certainly, only)

• स्पन्दनं (spandanaṁ) - movement, vibration, throbbing

• पवनस्य (pavanasya) - of wind, of air

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

क्षीरस्य (kṣīrasya) - of milk

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kṣīra

kṣīra - milk, sap, fluid

माधुर्यं (mādhuryaṁ) - sweetness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mādhurya

mādhurya - sweetness, agreeableness

derived from madhura (sweet) with suffix -ya (abstract noun)

तीक्ष्णत्वं (tīkṣṇatvaṁ) - pungency, sharpness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīkṣṇatva

tīkṣṇatva - pungency, sharpness, keenness

derived from tīkṣṇa (sharp) with suffix -tva (abstract noun)

मरिचस्य (maricasya) - of pepper

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of marica

marica - black pepper

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्रवत्वं (dravatvaṁ) - liquidity, fluidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity

derived from drava (liquid) with suffix -tva (abstract noun)

पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water (of water, of milk, of fluid)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding 'ca' (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दनं (spandanaṁ) - movement, vibration, throbbing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of spandana

spandana - movement, vibration, throbbing

derived from root SPAND (to throb, vibrate)

Root: spand (class 1)

पवनस्य (pavanasya) - of wind, of air

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier

derived from root PŪ (to purify)

Root: pū (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)