योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-5

जलस्पर्शासहो युक्त्या गलयेत्प्रपदादपि ।
बाह्य एवानलः स्पर्शात्स्वान्ते वस्तुविशेषतः ॥ ५ ॥

jalasparśāsaho yuktyā galayetprapadādapi ,
bāhya evānalaḥ sparśātsvānte vastuviśeṣataḥ 5

5. jala-sparśa-asahaḥ yuktyā galayet prapadāt api
bāhyaḥ eva analaḥ sparśāt svānte vastu-viśeṣataḥ

5. (saḥ) jala-sparśa-asahaḥ (ataḥ) yuktyā prapadāt api galayet.
bāhyaḥ analaḥ sparśāt eva (gālayati) (tu) svānte (ayam) vastu-viśeṣataḥ (gālayati)

5. Being unable to bear contact with water, one should appropriately dissolve (galayet) it (the body) starting even from the tips of the feet. For external fire (anala) melts only through contact (sparśāt), but this is a special entity (vastu) within the self (svānta).

Words meanings summery:

• जल-स्पर्श-असहः (jala-sparśa-asahaḥ) - intolerant of water-touch, unable to bear contact with water

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reason, by proper method, suitably, logically

• गलयेत् (galayet) - An instruction or suggestion for using the inner fire to melt the body. (one should melt, it would melt/dissolve, may it melt)

• प्रपदात् (prapadāt) - Indicating the starting point of the melting process. (from the tip of the foot, from the forepart of the foot)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - Refers to ordinary, external fire. (external, outer, outward)

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

• अनलः (analaḥ) - Refers to ordinary, external fire. (fire)

• स्पर्शात् (sparśāt) - from touch, by contact

• स्वान्ते (svānte) - within oneself, in the mind, in the heart

• वस्तु-विशेषतः (vastu-viśeṣataḥ) - Emphasizing that the inner fire is not ordinary, but a unique kind of substance/entity. (especially due to the nature of the object, due to a special object)

Words meanings and morphology

जल-स्पर्श-असहः (jala-sparśa-asahaḥ) - intolerant of water-touch, unable to bear contact with water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jala-sparśa-asaha

jala-sparśa-asaha - intolerant of water-touch, unable to bear contact with water

Compound of 'jala' (water) + 'sparśa' (touch) + 'asaha' (unable to bear). 'asaha' is a compound of 'a-' (not) + 'saha' (bearing, enduring).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+sparśa+asaha)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• sparśa – touch, contact, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'spṛś' (to touch).
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• asaha – intolerant, impatient, unable to bear
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative compound 'a-' + 'saha' (bearing).
  Prefix: a
  Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the inner fire).

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reason, by proper method, suitably, logically

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reason, propriety, fitness, method, skill, union, application

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join, to apply).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates the means or manner.

गलयेत् (galayet) - An instruction or suggestion for using the inner fire to melt the body. (one should melt, it would melt/dissolve, may it melt)

(verb)

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

Causal Optative, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice

Causal form of root 'gal' (class 1), conjugated in optative mood.

Root: gal (class 1)

प्रपदात् (prapadāt) - Indicating the starting point of the melting process. (from the tip of the foot, from the forepart of the foot)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of prapada

prapada - tip of the foot, forepart of the foot

Compound of 'pra' (forward) + 'pada' (foot).

Note: Indicates the point of origin.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - Refers to ordinary, external fire. (external, outer, outward)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, outward, foreign

Derived from 'bahis' (outside) with the suffix 'ya'.

Note: Agrees with 'analaḥ'.

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word 'bāhyaḥ' or the action.

अनलः (analaḥ) - Refers to ordinary, external fire. (fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, heat, the number three

Literally 'not enough', implying insatiability, hence fire.

Note: Subject of implied verb 'melts'.

स्पर्शात् (sparśāt) - from touch, by contact

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, feeling, sense of touch

Derived from root 'spṛś' (to touch).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.

स्वान्ते (svānte) - within oneself, in the mind, in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svānta

svānta - one's own mind, heart, inner self, within oneself

Compound of 'sva' (self, own) + 'anta' (interior, end).

Note: Indicates location.

वस्तु-विशेषतः (vastu-viśeṣataḥ) - Emphasizing that the inner fire is not ordinary, but a unique kind of substance/entity. (especially due to the nature of the object, due to a special object)

(indeclinable)

Compound noun 'vastu-viśeṣa' (special object/substance) followed by the suffix '-tas', indicating 'from, by means of, especially, in respect of'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vastu+viśeṣa)

• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• viśeṣa – distinction, specific, particular, special, difference
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'śiṣ' (to distinguish) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)