योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-3

उष्णीकरोति दहनं रसयत्यमृतं रसम् ।
इन्द्रियानुभवान्भुङ्कते भोगानिवमहीपतिः ॥ ३ ॥

uṣṇīkaroti dahanaṃ rasayatyamṛtaṃ rasam ,
indriyānubhavānbhuṅkate bhogānivamahīpatiḥ 3

3. uṣṇī-karoti dahanam rasayati amṛtam rasam
indriya-anubhavān bhuṅkte bhogān iva mahī-patiḥ

3. (saḥ) dahanam uṣṇī-karoti amṛtam rasam rasayati
indriya-anubhavān bhuṅkte iva mahī-patiḥ bhogān

3. He (the conscious principle) causes heat in fire, experiences the immortal essence, and enjoys sense experiences just as a king enjoys his pleasures.

Words meanings summery:

• उष्णी-करोति (uṣṇī-karoti) - makes hot, causes heat

• दहनम् (dahanam) - fire, burning

• रसयति (rasayati) - tastes, perceives, enjoys

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal, nectar, immortality

• रसम् (rasam) - taste, essence, juice, pleasure

• इन्द्रिय-अनुभवान् (indriya-anubhavān) - sense perceptions, experiences of the senses

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, eats

• भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments, pleasures, possessions

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

उष्णी-करोति (uṣṇī-karoti) - makes hot, causes heat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of uṣṇī-kṛ

Present active

Third person singular, Parasmaipada, denominative from uṣṇa (hot) with kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Implicit subject is cetanaḥ from previous verse.

दहनम् (dahanam) - fire, burning

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dahana

dahana - fire, burning, causing to burn

From root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Object of uṣṇī-karoti.

रसयति (rasayati) - tastes, perceives, enjoys

(verb)

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

Denominative present active

Third person singular, Parasmaipada, from noun rasa (taste, essence).

Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Implicit subject is cetanaḥ.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal, nectar, immortality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, imperishable, nectar, immortality

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die) with negative prefix a.

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies rasam.

रसम् (rasam) - taste, essence, juice, pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rasa

rasa - taste, essence, juice, flavour, sentiment, pleasure

From root ras (to taste).

Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Object of rasayati.

इन्द्रिय-अनुभवान् (indriya-anubhavān) - sense perceptions, experiences of the senses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of indriya-anubhava

indriya-anubhava - sense experience, perception through senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indriya+anubhava)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind (class 1)
• anubhava – experience, perception, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be) with prefix anu.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of bhuṅkte.

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, eats

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Present middle

Third person singular, Ātmanepada

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Implicit subject is cetanaḥ.

भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments, pleasures, possessions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, object of enjoyment, possession

From root bhuj (to enjoy).

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of implied verb 'enjoys' in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahī-pati

mahī-pati - king, lord of the earth, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject of the simile, "a king".

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