योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-89, verse-28

यथा विषाणि निघ्नन्ति मदयन्ति मधूनि च ।
वमयन्ति च शुक्तानि मदनानि फलानि च ॥ २८ ॥

yathā viṣāṇi nighnanti madayanti madhūni ca ,
vamayanti ca śuktāni madanāni phalāni ca 28

28. yathā viṣāṇi nighnanti madayanti madhūni ca
vamayanti ca śuktāni madanāni phalāni ca

28. yathā viṣāṇi nighnanti,
madhūni ca madayanti,
śuktāni ca madanāni phalāni ca vamayanti.

28. Just as poisons kill, honey intoxicates, and fermented drinks and intoxicating fruits cause vomiting.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• विषाणि (viṣāṇi) - poisons

• निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill (they kill, they destroy, they strike down)

• मदयन्ति (madayanti) - they intoxicate (they intoxicate, they gladden, they madden)

• मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (honeys, sweet things, wines)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वमयन्ति (vamayanti) - they cause vomiting (they cause to vomit, they spew out)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शुक्तानि (śuktāni) - fermented drinks (fermented things, sours, vinegars)

• मदनानि (madanāni) - intoxicating (fruits) (intoxicating, delightful, Cupid's)

• फलानि (phalāni) - fruits (fruits, results, consequences)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

विषाणि (viṣāṇi) - poisons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, water

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative fits the subject role.

निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill (they kill, they destroy, they strike down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

present active third person plural

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

मदयन्ति (madayanti) - they intoxicate (they intoxicate, they gladden, they madden)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of mad

causative present active third person plural

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Causative form of mad (to be intoxicated).

मधूनि (madhūni) - honey (honeys, sweet things, wines)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet drink, wine, nectar

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative fits the subject role.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वमयन्ति (vamayanti) - they cause vomiting (they cause to vomit, they spew out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vam

causative present active third person plural

Root: vam (class 1)

Note: Causative form of vam (to vomit).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शुक्तानि (śuktāni) - fermented drinks (fermented things, sours, vinegars)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śukta

śukta - fermented, sour, vinegar

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative fits the subject role.

मदनानि (madanāni) - intoxicating (fruits) (intoxicating, delightful, Cupid's)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of madana

madana - intoxication, love, Cupid, exciting, intoxicating

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Also accusative plural. Agrees with `phalāni`.

फलानि (phalāni) - fruits (fruits, results, consequences)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative fits the subject role.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)