योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-98, verse-8

पूजयन्त्यागतं फुल्ला भृङ्गं पद्मा इवार्थिनम् ।
आवर्जयन्ति जनतां जनतापापहारिणः ॥ ८ ॥

pūjayantyāgataṃ phullā bhṛṅgaṃ padmā ivārthinam ,
āvarjayanti janatāṃ janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ 8

8. pūjayanti āgatam phullāḥ bhṛṅgam padmāḥ iva
arthinam āvarjayanti janatām janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ

8. (Yathā) phullāḥ padmāḥ arthinam āgatam bhṛṅgam iva pūjayanti,
(tathā) janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ janatām āvarjayanti.

8. Just as blooming lotuses honor a bee that has arrived as a petitioner, so too do the removers of people's sins attract the populace.

Words meanings summery:

• पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they honor, they worship, they respect

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, approached

• फुल्लाः (phullāḥ) - bloomed, blossomed, open

• भृङ्गम् (bhṛṅgam) - a bee

• पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्थिनम् (arthinam) - a petitioner, one seeking something, a suitor

• आवर्जयन्ति (āvarjayanti) - they attract, they win over, they convert, they incline

• जनताम् (janatām) - the populace, the people, the public

• जनतापापहारिणः (janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ) - removers of the people's sins, destroyers of public evils

Words meanings and morphology

पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they honor, they worship, they respect

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of pūj

Present Active

Root pūj, 10th class, parasmipada conjugation (pūjayati)

Root: pūj (class 10)

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, approached

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, approached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root gam with prefix ā- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhṛṅgam'.

फुल्लाः (phullāḥ) - bloomed, blossomed, open

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of phulla

phulla - bloomed, blossomed, open, expanded

Past Passive Participle (irregularly formed)

Formed from root phull (to bloom) with suffix -a.

Root: phull (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'padmāḥ'.

भृङ्गम् (bhṛṅgam) - a bee

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhṛṅga

bhṛṅga - bee

Note: Object of 'pūjayanti'.

पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padma

padma - lotus, lotus flower

Note: Subject of 'pūjayanti'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्थिनम् (arthinam) - a petitioner, one seeking something, a suitor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arthin

arthin - one who desires, a petitioner, suitor, seeker, mendicant

From artha (purpose, object, wealth) + in (suffix)

Note: Modifies 'bhṛṅgam'.

आवर्जयन्ति (āvarjayanti) - they attract, they win over, they convert, they incline

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of āvarjay

Present Active

Causative of root vṛj/vṛt with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛj (class 10)

जनताम् (janatām) - the populace, the people, the public

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janatā

janatā - populace, people, multitude of men, public

From jana (person) + tā (suffix for collectivity)

Note: Object of 'āvarjayanti'.

जनतापापहारिणः (janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ) - removers of the people's sins, destroyers of public evils

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janatāpāpahārin

janatāpāpahārin - remover of the people's sins

Compound type : Tatpurusha (janatāpāpa+hārin)

• janatāpāpa – people's sin, public evil
  noun (neuter)
• hārin – removing, taking away, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Formed from root hṛ (to take, carry) + ṇin (suffix)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'āvarjayanti'.