योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-18, verse-10

लोभमोहादयो दोषास्तानवं यान्त्यलं शनैः ।
धियो दिशः समासन्नशरदो मिहिका यथा ॥ १० ॥

lobhamohādayo doṣāstānavaṃ yāntyalaṃ śanaiḥ ,
dhiyo diśaḥ samāsannaśarado mihikā yathā 10

10. lobha-moha-ādayaḥ doṣāḥ tānavam yānti alam śanaiḥ
dhiyaḥ diśaḥ samāsanna-śaradaḥ mihikā yathā

10. lobha-moha-ādayaḥ doṣāḥ alam śanaiḥ tānavam
yānti yathā dhiyaḥ diśaḥ samāsanna-śaradaḥ mihikā

10. Defects such as greed and delusion (lobha-moha-ādaya) gradually diminish, just as fog (mihikā) clears from the intellectual horizons (dhiyaḥ diśaḥ) with the arrival of autumn (samāsanna-śarada).

Words meanings summery:

• लोभ-मोह-आदयः (lobha-moha-ādayaḥ) - defects such as greed and delusion (greed-delusion and so on, beginning with greed and delusion)

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - defects (faults, defects, errors, vices)

• तानवम् (tānavam) - diminishment (thinness, slenderness, diminishment, slightness)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they diminish (literally, 'go to diminishment') (they go, they move, they attain)

• अलम् (alam) - completely, indeed (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed, completely)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

• धियः (dhiyaḥ) - of the intellect (of intellect, of mind; intellects, minds)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (horizons) (directions, quarters of the sky)

• समासन्न-शरदः (samāsanna-śaradaḥ) - with the arrival of autumn (of the approaching autumn, related to approaching autumn)

• मिहिका (mihikā) - fog (fog, mist, hoarfrost)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

लोभ-मोह-आदयः (lobha-moha-ādayaḥ) - defects such as greed and delusion (greed-delusion and so on, beginning with greed and delusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lobha-moha-ādi

lobha-moha-ādi - greed and delusion, etc.; beginning with greed and delusion

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (lobha+moha+ādi)

• lobha – greed, avarice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, start; and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - defects (faults, defects, errors, vices)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, error, vice, evil

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'lobha-moha-ādayaḥ'.

तानवम् (tānavam) - diminishment (thinness, slenderness, diminishment, slightness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tānava

tānava - thinness, slenderness, slightness, diminishment

From 'tanu' (thin, slender)

Note: Object of 'yānti' (they go to/attain diminishment).

यान्ति (yānti) - they diminish (literally, 'go to diminishment') (they go, they move, they attain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

अलम् (alam) - completely, indeed (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed, completely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifier for the diminishing action.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

धियः (dhiyaḥ) - of the intellect (of intellect, of mind; intellects, minds)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, mind, thought, understanding, wisdom

Note: Genitive singular of 'dhī'.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions (horizons) (directions, quarters of the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Forms 'dhiyaḥ diśaḥ' (intellectual horizons).

समासन्न-शरदः (samāsanna-śaradaḥ) - with the arrival of autumn (of the approaching autumn, related to approaching autumn)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of samāsanna-śarad

samāsanna-śarad - approaching autumn, near autumn

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samāsanna+śarad)

• samāsanna – approaching, near, arrived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'ā-sad' (to approach) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: sad (class 1)
• śarad – autumn
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the time or state of autumn approaching, providing context for the fog clearing.

मिहिका (mihikā) - fog (fog, mist, hoarfrost)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mihikā

mihikā - fog, mist, hoarfrost, snow

Root: mih (class 1)

Note: Subject of the comparison clause.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.