योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-24

केन पावनमन्त्रेण दुःसंसृतिविषूचिका ।
शाम्यतीयमनायासमायासशतकारिणी ॥ २४ ॥

kena pāvanamantreṇa duḥsaṃsṛtiviṣūcikā ,
śāmyatīyamanāyāsamāyāsaśatakāriṇī 24

24. kena pāvana-mantreṇa duḥ-saṃsṛti-viṣūcikā
śāmyati iyam anāyāsam āyāsa-śata-kāriṇī

24. kena pāvana-mantreṇa āyāsa-śata-kāriṇī
iyam duḥ-saṃsṛti-viṣūcikā anāyāsam śāmyati

24. By what purifying incantation (mantra) can this distressing cholera-like condition of transmigration (saṃsāra), which causes hundreds of afflictions, be effortlessly calmed?

Words meanings summery:

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• पावन-मन्त्रेण (pāvana-mantreṇa) - by a purifying incantation

• दुः-संसृति-विषूचिका (duḥ-saṁsṛti-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like condition of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the cholera-like disease of painful transmigration)

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - is calmed, subsides

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• अनायासम् (anāyāsam) - without effort, effortlessly

• आयास-शत-कारिणी (āyāsa-śata-kāriṇī) - causing hundreds of troubles

Words meanings and morphology

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which

Note: Refers to 'mantreṇa'.

पावन-मन्त्रेण (pāvana-mantreṇa) - by a purifying incantation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāvana-mantra

pāvana-mantra - purifying mantra/incantation

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pāvana+mantra)

• pāvana – purifying, cleanser, holy
  adjective (neuter)
  Agent noun/Adjective from 'pū' (to purify)
  From root 'pū' (to purify) with suffix -ana.
  Root: pū (class 1)
• mantra – sacred utterance, incantation, counsel, prayer
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'man' (to think) with suffix -tra.
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agent of calming.

दुः-संसृति-विषूचिका (duḥ-saṁsṛti-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like condition of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the cholera-like disease of painful transmigration)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥ-saṃsṛti-viṣūcikā

duḥ-saṁsṛti-viṣūcikā - cholera-like disease of painful transmigration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+saṃsṛti+viṣūcikā)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  prefix/indeclinable
• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sṛ' (to flow) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• viṣūcikā – cholera, epidemic disease, diarrhea
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'śāmyati'.

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - is calmed, subsides

(verb)

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

Root 'śam' (4th class), present tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: The verb indicates a state of becoming calm.

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'duḥ-saṃsṛti-viṣūcikā'.

अनायासम् (anāyāsam) - without effort, effortlessly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage of 'anāyāsa' (absence of trouble/effort).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (an+āyāsa)

• an – not, un-
  prefix/indeclinable
• āyāsa – effort, trouble, fatigue
  noun (masculine)
  From verb root 'yas' (to strive) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yas (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'śāmyati'.

आयास-शत-कारिणी (āyāsa-śata-kāriṇī) - causing hundreds of troubles

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyāsa-śata-kāriṇ

āyāsa-śata-kāriṇ - causing hundreds of troubles

Feminine form of 'āyāsa-śata-kārin'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āyāsa+śata+kārin)

• āyāsa – effort, trouble, fatigue
  noun (masculine)
  From verb root 'yas' (to strive) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yas (class 4)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kārin – causing, making, doing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix -in.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying 'duḥ-saṃsṛti-viṣūcikā'.