योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-75

अनास्वाद्येदमानन्दं जगद्राज्यशतान्यपि ।
समास्वादयता नेह किंचिदास्वादितं भवेत् ॥ ७५ ॥

anāsvādyedamānandaṃ jagadrājyaśatānyapi ,
samāsvādayatā neha kiṃcidāsvāditaṃ bhavet 75

75. anāsvādya idam ānandam jagadrājyaśatāni api
samāsvādayatā na iha kiñcit āsvāditam bhavet

75. idam ānandam anāsvādya samāsvādayatā
jagadrājyaśatāni api iha kiñcit āsvāditam na bhavet

75. Having not tasted this bliss (ānanda), even if one has thoroughly enjoyed hundreds of world-kingdoms, nothing truly tasted would have been gained here.

Words meanings summery:

• अनास्वाद्य (anāsvādya) - without having tasted

• इदम् (idam) - this

• आनन्दम् (ānandam) - bliss (ānanda), joy, happiness

• जगद्राज्यशतानि (jagadrājyaśatāni) - hundreds of world-kingdoms

• अपि (api) - even, also

• समास्वादयता (samāsvādayatā) - by one who has completely tasted, by one who is enjoying thoroughly

• न (na) - not

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• आस्वादितम् (āsvāditam) - tasted, enjoyed

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

Words meanings and morphology

अनास्वाद्य (anāsvādya) - without having tasted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Negated absolutive from root svād with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: svād (class 10)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

आनन्दम् (ānandam) - bliss (ānanda), joy, happiness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ānanda

ānanda - bliss (ānanda), joy, happiness, delight

Derived from root nand (to rejoice) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: nand (class 1)

जगद्राज्यशतानि (jagadrājyaśatāni) - hundreds of world-kingdoms

(noun)

neuter, plural of jagadrājyaśata

jagadrājyaśata - hundreds of world-kingdoms

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa / Dvigu (jagat+rājya+śata)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go) functioning as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• rājya – kingdom, sovereignty, rule
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

समास्वादयता (samāsvādayatā) - by one who has completely tasted, by one who is enjoying thoroughly

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samāsvādayat

samāsvādayat - one who tastes/enjoys thoroughly

Present Active Participle

Participle formed from the causative of root svād (to taste) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: svād (class 10)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(indeclinable)

आस्वादितम् (āsvāditam) - tasted, enjoyed

(adjective)

neuter, singular of āsvādita

āsvādita - tasted, enjoyed, savored

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root svād (to taste) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: svād (class 10)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative 3rd singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)

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