योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-55, verse-3

अपश्यं तत्र दाशूरं शूरमिन्द्रियनिग्रहे ।
परेण तपसा युक्तं तेजसेव हुताशनम् ॥ ३ ॥

apaśyaṃ tatra dāśūraṃ śūramindriyanigrahe ,
pareṇa tapasā yuktaṃ tejaseva hutāśanam 3

3. apaśyam tatra dāśūram śūram indriya-nigrahe
pareṇa tapasā yuktam tejasā iva hutāśanam

3. tatra aham indriya-nigrahe śūram,
pareṇa tapasā yuktam dāśūram,
tejasā iva hutāśanam,
apaśyam.

3. There I saw Dāśūra, a hero in the control of his senses, endowed with supreme austerity (tapas), like a sacrificial fire (hutāśanam) accompanied by its own radiant brilliance.

Words meanings summery:

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw (I saw, I beheld)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• दाशूरम् (dāśūram) - Dāśūra (Dāśūra (proper name))

• शूरम् (śūram) - a hero (heroic, brave, a hero)

• इन्द्रिय-निग्रहे (indriya-nigrahe) - in the control of his senses (in the restraint of senses)

• परेण (pareṇa) - with supreme (by supreme, by excellent)

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas) (by austerity, by penance)

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (endowed with, joined with, united)

• तेजसा (tejasā) - by its own radiant brilliance (by brilliance, by radiance)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - a sacrificial fire (hutāśanam) (fire, sacrificial fire)

Words meanings and morphology

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw (I saw, I beheld)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

imperfect active, 1st person singular

Parasmaipada, Imperfect tense (laṅ), 1st singular, augmented form of root dṛś (paśya-stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

दाशूरम् (dāśūram) - Dāśūra (Dāśūra (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāśūra

dāśūra - a proper name (of a hunter or a sage)

Note: Object of 'apaśyam'.

शूरम् (śūram) - a hero (heroic, brave, a hero)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, heroic, mighty, a hero

Root: śūr (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dāśūram'.

इन्द्रिय-निग्रहे (indriya-nigrahe) - in the control of his senses (in the restraint of senses)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indriya+nigraha)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind
• nigraha – restraint, control, subjugation
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from ni-grah (to seize, restrain) with a-suffix.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates the sphere in which Dāśūra is heroic.

परेण (pareṇa) - with supreme (by supreme, by excellent)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Agrees with 'tapasā'.

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas) (by austerity, by penance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Instrumental case with 'yuktam'.

युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed with (endowed with, joined with, united)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join) with kta suffix.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'dāśūram'.

तेजसा (tejasā) - by its own radiant brilliance (by brilliance, by radiance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, radiance, power, energy, vital essence

Root: tij

Note: Instrumental case, expressing 'with' or 'by means of'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a simile.

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - a sacrificial fire (hutāśanam) (fire, sacrificial fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, sacrificial fire (literally 'eater of oblations')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hu (to offer).
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: The object of comparison in the simile, 'like fire'.