योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-204, verse-20

द्रवत्ववेदनाद्वेत्ति वारि स्पन्दतयानिलम् ।
औष्ण्यसंवित्ततो वह्निमत्यजन्ती निजं वपुः ॥ २० ॥

dravatvavedanādvetti vāri spandatayānilam ,
auṣṇyasaṃvittato vahnimatyajantī nijaṃ vapuḥ 20

20. dravatvavedanāt vetti vāri spandatayā anilam
auṣṇyasaṃvittataḥ vahnim atyajantī nijam vapuḥ

20. vāri dravatvavedanāt vetti,
anilam spandatayā (vetti).
(cittiḥ) auṣṇyasaṃvittataḥ vahnim nijam vapuḥ atyajantī (vetti).

20. One perceives water through the awareness of its fluidity, and wind through its vibratory nature. Similarly, one perceives fire through the awareness of its heat, while (the perceiving consciousness) does not abandon its own intrinsic form.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रवत्ववेदनात् (dravatvavedanāt) - from the perception of fluidity, from the awareness of liquidity

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

• वारि (vāri) - water

• स्पन्दतया (spandatayā) - by vibration, by its vibratory nature, by pulsation

• अनिलम् (anilam) - wind, air

• औष्ण्यसंवित्ततः (auṣṇyasaṁvittataḥ) - from the awareness of heat, from the perception of warmth

• वह्निम् (vahnim) - fire

• अत्यजन्ती (atyajantī) - refers to the perceiving consciousness (implied feminine 'citti' or 'buddhi') (not abandoning, not relinquishing, not giving up)

• निजम् (nijam) - one's own, its own, inherent

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form, body, nature, essence

Words meanings and morphology

द्रवत्ववेदनात् (dravatvavedanāt) - from the perception of fluidity, from the awareness of liquidity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dravatvavedana

dravatvavedana - perception of fluidity, knowledge of liquidity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dravatva+vedana)

• dravatva – liquidity, fluidity, state of being liquid
  noun (neuter)
  From drava (liquid) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)
• vedana – perception, sensation, knowing, feeling
  noun (neuter)
  From root vid- (to know) + ana (suffix)
  Root: vid (class 2)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water, fluid

स्पन्दतया (spandatayā) - by vibration, by its vibratory nature, by pulsation

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of spandatā

spandatā - vibration, pulsation, vibratory nature

From spanda (vibration) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

अनिलम् (anilam) - wind, air

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, breeze

Root: an (class 2)

औष्ण्यसंवित्ततः (auṣṇyasaṁvittataḥ) - from the awareness of heat, from the perception of warmth

(indeclinable)

Formed with the tasil (तः) suffix indicating 'from' or 'by reason of' from auṣṇyasaṃvitti.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (auṣṇya+saṃvitti)

• auṣṇya – heat, warmth
  noun (neuter)
  From uṣṇa (hot) + ya (suffix)
• saṃvitti – knowledge, awareness, consciousness, perception
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-vid (to know together, to be aware) + ti (suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

वह्निम् (vahnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, flame

Root: vah (class 1)

अत्यजन्ती (atyajantī) - refers to the perceiving consciousness (implied feminine 'citti' or 'buddhi') (not abandoning, not relinquishing, not giving up)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atyajant

atyajant - not abandoning, not relinquishing

Present Active Participle

Formed from 'na' (a-) + 'tyaj' (to abandon) + 'śatṛ' suffix. Feminine nominative singular form.

Prefix: a

Root: tyaj (class 1)

निजम् (nijam) - one's own, its own, inherent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nija

nija - own, inherent, proper, private

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form, body, nature, essence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, nature, essence

Root: vap (class 1)