योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-115, verse-29

सरसं नीरसं चैव सुरतं विरतं तथा ।
यः पश्यति समं सौम्यो महाभोक्ता स उच्यते ॥ २९ ॥

sarasaṃ nīrasaṃ caiva surataṃ virataṃ tathā ,
yaḥ paśyati samaṃ saumyo mahābhoktā sa ucyate 29

29. sarasam nīrasam ca eva suratam viratam tathā
yaḥ paśyati samam saumyaḥ mahābhoktā saḥ ucyate

29. yaḥ saumyaḥ sarasam nīrasam ca eva tathā suratam
viratam samam paśyati saḥ mahābhoktā ucyate

29. He who, being gentle, sees equally what is delightful and what is not, and similarly union and separation, he is called a great enjoyer (mahābhoktā).

Words meanings summery:

• सरसम् (sarasam) - what is delightful or pleasant (delightful, tasteful, juicy, emotional)

• नीरसम् (nīrasam) - what is undelighting or unpleasant (tasteless, undelighting, dry, uninteresting)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

• सुरतम् (suratam) - union, being together, intimacy (sexual union, enjoyment, delight)

• विरतम् (viratam) - separation, cessation of enjoyment or intimacy (cessation, abstention, separation)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, impartially

• सौम्यः (saumyaḥ) - gentle in nature (gentle, mild, benevolent, lunar)

• महाभोक्ता (mahābhoktā) - one who experiences all without attachment or distinction (great enjoyer, great experiencer)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

Words meanings and morphology

सरसम् (sarasam) - what is delightful or pleasant (delightful, tasteful, juicy, emotional)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarasa

sarasa - full of juice, tasteful, elegant, delightful, emotional

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+rasa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• rasa – taste, flavor, juice, essence, delight, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)

नीरसम् (nīrasam) - what is undelighting or unpleasant (tasteless, undelighting, dry, uninteresting)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīrasa

nīrasa - tasteless, dry, insipid, uninteresting, undelighting

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+rasa)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• rasa – taste, flavor, juice, essence, delight, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुरतम् (suratam) - union, being together, intimacy (sexual union, enjoyment, delight)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of surata

surata - sexual enjoyment, coition, pleasure, delight

from 'su-√ram' (to delight well)

Prefix: su

Root: ram (class 1)

विरतम् (viratam) - separation, cessation of enjoyment or intimacy (cessation, abstention, separation)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of virata

virata - ceased, abstained, stopped, averted, detached

Past Passive Participle

from 'vi-√ram' (to stop, to cease from)

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun, 'cessation' or 'separation'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

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

from root 'dṛś', class 1, with irregular stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, impartially

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular

सौम्यः (saumyaḥ) - gentle in nature (gentle, mild, benevolent, lunar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, benevolent, agreeable, lunar

derived from 'soma'

Note: Agrees with 'yaḥ'

महाभोक्ता (mahābhoktā) - one who experiences all without attachment or distinction (great enjoyer, great experiencer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābhoktṛ

mahābhoktṛ - great enjoyer, great consumer, supreme experiencer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhoktṛ)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhoktṛ – enjoyer, experiencer, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  agent noun from root 'bhuj' (to enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)