योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-10

यन्त्रं तिलानां कठिनं राशिमुग्रमिवाकुलम् ।
यं पीडयति नानङ्गस्तं मृत्युर्न जिघांसति ॥ १० ॥

yantraṃ tilānāṃ kaṭhinaṃ rāśimugramivākulam ,
yaṃ pīḍayati nānaṅgastaṃ mṛtyurna jighāṃsati 10

10. yantram tilānām kaṭhinam rāśim ugram iva ākulam
yam pīḍayati na anaṅgaḥ tam mṛtyuḥ na jighāṃsati

10. yam anaṅgaḥ na pīḍayati,
tam mṛtyuḥ na jighāṃsati.
[yathā] kaṭhinam tilānām yantram ugram ākulam rāśim [pīḍayati iva]

10. Death does not desire to kill him whom desire does not torment, unlike a hard oil-press that violently crushes an agitated, formidable heap of sesame seeds.

Words meanings summery:

• यन्त्रम् (yantram) - oil-press (instrument, machine, press, device)

• तिलानाम् (tilānām) - of sesame seeds, belonging to sesame

• कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - hard, severe, difficult, cruel

• राशिम् (rāśim) - heap (of sesame seeds) (heap, pile, mass, quantity)

• उग्रम् (ugram) - formidable, terrible, fierce, violent

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• आकुलम् (ākulam) - agitated, disturbed, distressed, confused

• यम् (yam) - whom, which, that

• पीडयति (pīḍayati) - torments, oppresses, crushes, vexes

• न (na) - not, no

• अनङ्गः (anaṅgaḥ) - desire (as a tormenting force) (desire, the bodiless (Kāma))

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personification of death (death, Yama (the god of death))

• न (na) - not, no

• जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, seeks to kill

Words meanings and morphology

यन्त्रम् (yantram) - oil-press (instrument, machine, press, device)

(noun)

neuter, singular of yantra

yantra - instrument, machine, device, press, contrivance

तिलानाम् (tilānām) - of sesame seeds, belonging to sesame

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tila

tila - sesame, sesame seed

कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - hard, severe, difficult, cruel

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kaṭhina

kaṭhina - hard, severe, difficult, cruel, rigid

राशिम् (rāśim) - heap (of sesame seeds) (heap, pile, mass, quantity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāśi

rāśi - heap, pile, mass, quantity, collection

उग्रम् (ugram) - formidable, terrible, fierce, violent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - formidable, terrible, fierce, violent, dreadful

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

आकुलम् (ākulam) - agitated, disturbed, distressed, confused

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, disturbed, distressed, confused, full of, overwhelmed

यम् (yam) - whom, which, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

पीडयति (pīḍayati) - torments, oppresses, crushes, vexes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pīḍayati

Causal/10th class derivative of pīḍ

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनङ्गः (anaṅgaḥ) - desire (as a tormenting force) (desire, the bodiless (Kāma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anaṅga

anaṅga - desire, Kāma (the god of love, who is bodiless), not having a body

Bahuvrihi compound: 'na' (not) + 'aṅga' (body/limb)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (na+aṅga)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personification of death (death, Yama (the god of death))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, seeks to kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of jighāṃsati

Desiderative

Desiderative form of the root han, conjugated in 3rd person singular present active

Root: han (class 2)