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?

24. באיזו מַנְטְרָה מטהרת תוכל להירגע בקלות מגפה זו של סבך הקיום התופעתי (סַמְסָארָה), המחוללת מאות מכאובים וסבל?

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'.

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