योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-4, verse-60

तस्मात्कथमियं शाम्येद्ब्रह्मन्दृश्यविषूचिका ।
मनोभवभ्रमकरी दुःखसंततिदायिनी ॥ ६० ॥

tasmātkathamiyaṃ śāmyedbrahmandṛśyaviṣūcikā ,
manobhavabhramakarī duḥkhasaṃtatidāyinī 60

60. tasmāt katham iyam śāmyet brahman dṛśyaviṣūcikā
manobhavabhramakarī duḥkhasaṃtatidāyinī

60. brahman tasmāt iyam manobhavabhramakarī
duḥkhasaṃtatidāyinī dṛśyaviṣūcikā katham śāmyet

60. Therefore, O Brahmā (Vasiṣṭha), how can this visible affliction, which causes mental delusion and bestows a continuous succession of suffering, be pacified?

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from it

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - may it be pacified, may it cease, may it be quieted

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmā, O sage, O priest)

• दृश्यविषूचिका (dṛśyaviṣūcikā) - the visible affliction of the world's illusory phenomena (visible affliction, perceptible epidemic, apparent illusion)

• मनोभवभ्रमकरी (manobhavabhramakarī) - causing delusion born of mind, causing mental confusion

• दुःखसंततिदायिनी (duḥkhasaṁtatidāyinī) - bestowing a continuous succession of suffering, giving a chain of misery

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from it

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of `tad`, used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - may it be pacified, may it cease, may it be quieted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmā, O sage, O priest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute), a brahmin, sacred word, knowledge (brahman)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

दृश्यविषूचिका (dṛśyaviṣūcikā) - the visible affliction of the world's illusory phenomena (visible affliction, perceptible epidemic, apparent illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyaviṣūcikā

dṛśyaviṣūcikā - visible affliction/epidemic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛśya+viṣūcikā)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, an object of sight, spectacle
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root `dṛś` (to see) with suffix `-ya`
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• viṣūcikā – cholera, epidemic, a kind of fever accompanied by vomiting and purging, affliction
  noun (feminine)

मनोभवभ्रमकरी (manobhavabhramakarī) - causing delusion born of mind, causing mental confusion

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of manobhavabhramakarī

manobhavabhramakarī - causing mental confusion/delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manobhava+bhramakarī)

• manobhava – born of mind, mental, Kāma (god of love/desire)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: manas (mind) + bhava (born)
• bhramakarī – causing delusion, confusing, deluding (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  From root `bhram` (to wander, to be confused) + causative suffix + `kṛ` (to do) + agent suffix `in` + feminine suffix `ī`
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `dṛśyaviṣūcikā`.

दुःखसंततिदायिनी (duḥkhasaṁtatidāyinī) - bestowing a continuous succession of suffering, giving a chain of misery

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhasaṃtatidāyinī

duḥkhasaṁtatidāyinī - giving a continuous succession of suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkhasaṃtati+dāyinī)

• duḥkhasaṃtati – succession of suffering, continuous misery
  noun (feminine)
  Compound: duḥkha (suffering) + saṃtati (continuity)
• dāyinī – giving, bestowing (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  From root `dā` (to give) + agent suffix `in` + feminine suffix `ī`
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies `dṛśyaviṣūcikā`.