योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-5

मय्यस्यां मन्दभाग्यायां मनागपि न माति हि ।
स्वादुमांसरसग्रासो वसावासित आसयन् ॥ ५ ॥

mayyasyāṃ mandabhāgyāyāṃ manāgapi na māti hi ,
svādumāṃsarasagrāso vasāvāsita āsayan 5

5. mayi asyām mandabhāgyāyām manāk api na māti hi
| svādumāṃsarasagrāsaḥ vasāvāsitaḥ āsayān ||

5. hi asyām mandabhāgyāyām mayi manāk api svādumāṃsarasagrāsaḥ vasāvāsitaḥ āsayān na māti.

5. Indeed, even a tiny morsel of delicious meat juice, flavored with fat and filling the mouth, does not fit into this unfortunate body of mine.

5. בי, בישת המזל, אפילו מנה זעירה אינה נכנסת ממיצי הבשר הטעימים והשמנים כדי למלא את פי!

Words meanings summery:

• मयि (mayi) - in my body/self (in me, on me)

• अस्याम् (asyām) - in this (feminine)

• मन्दभाग्यायाम् (mandabhāgyāyām) - in this unfortunate body/self of mine (in the unlucky, in the unfortunate one)

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a small amount

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• माति (māti) - does not fit in (fits, is contained, measures)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, because)

• स्वादुमांसरसग्रासः (svādumāṁsarasagrāsaḥ) - a morsel of delicious meat juice

• वसावासितः (vasāvāsitaḥ) - flavored with fat/marrow, perfumed with fat

• आसयान् (āsayān) - filling (the mouth) (causing to sit, placing, filling)

Words meanings and morphology

मयि (mayi) - in my body/self (in me, on me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अस्याम् (asyām) - in this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'mandabhāgyāyām'.

मन्दभाग्यायाम् (mandabhāgyāyām) - in this unfortunate body/self of mine (in the unlucky, in the unfortunate one)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of mandabhāgyā

mandabhāgyā - unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated

Compound type : bahuvrihi (manda+bhāgya)

• manda – slow, dull, bad, feeble
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāgya – luck, fortune, destiny, fate
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'asyām' and refers to the speaker (implied feminine).

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a small amount

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the small quantity ('manāk').

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

माति (māti) - does not fit in (fits, is contained, measures)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of mā

Present Active Indicative

Formed from the root mā (to measure, to fit).

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'grāsaḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

स्वादुमांसरसग्रासः (svādumāṁsarasagrāsaḥ) - a morsel of delicious meat juice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svādumāṃsarasagrāsa

svādumāṁsarasagrāsa - a morsel of delicious meat juice

Compound type : tatpurusha (svādu+māṃsa+rasa+grāsa)

• svādu – delicious, sweet, pleasant, agreeable
  adjective (masculine)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – juice, fluid, essence, taste, flavor
  noun (masculine)
• grāsa – morsel, mouthful, bite, swallowing
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'māti'.

वसावासितः (vasāvāsitaḥ) - flavored with fat/marrow, perfumed with fat

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasāvāsita

vasāvāsita - flavored with fat/marrow, perfumed with fat

Past Passive Participle compound

Formed from `vasā` (fat) and `vāsita` (perfumed, flavored), which is the PPP from the root `vās` (to perfume).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vasā+vāsita)

• vasā – fat, marrow, grease
  noun (feminine)
• vāsita – perfumed, flavored, impregnated, inhabited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from the root vās (to perfume, to flavor) + ktapratyaya (ta).
  Root: vās (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'grāsaḥ'.

आसयान् (āsayān) - filling (the mouth) (causing to sit, placing, filling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsayat

āsayat - causing to sit, placing, filling, offering, presenting

Present Active Participle, Causal

Formed from the causal stem of `ā-sī` (to lie, sit), i.e., `āsayati`. The participle form is `āsayat`.

Prefix: ā

Root: sī (class 2)

Note: Describes 'grāsaḥ'.

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