योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-92, verse-25

आधयो व्याधयश्चैव शापाः पापदृशस्तथा ।
न खण्डयन्ति तच्चित्तं पद्मघाताः शिलामिव ॥ २५ ॥

ādhayo vyādhayaścaiva śāpāḥ pāpadṛśastathā ,
na khaṇḍayanti taccittaṃ padmaghātāḥ śilāmiva 25

25. ādhayaḥ vyādhayaḥ ca eva śāpāḥ pāpadṛśaḥ tathā
na khaṇḍayanti tat cittaṃ padmaghātāḥ śilām iva

25. ādhayaḥ vyādhayaḥ ca eva śāpāḥ tathā pāpadṛśaḥ tat cittaṃ na khaṇḍayanti,
padmaghātāḥ śilām iva [na khaṇḍayanti]

25. Mental anxieties, diseases, curses, and malevolent gazes do not shatter that mind, just as blows from lotus flowers cannot shatter a rock.

Words meanings summery:

• आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, distresses

• व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases, ailments

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• शापाः (śāpāḥ) - curses

• पापदृशः (pāpadṛśaḥ) - evil glances, malevolent sights/eyes

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

• न (na) - not

• खण्डयन्ति (khaṇḍayanti) - they break, they destroy, they shatter

• तत् (tat) - that

• चित्तं (cittaṁ) - mind, consciousness

• पद्मघाताः (padmaghātāḥ) - blows from lotuses

• शिलाम् (śilām) - a rock, a stone

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, distresses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, distress

From 'ā-dhā' (to place on, to affect), nominal derivation.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: One of the subjects of 'khaṇḍayanti'.

व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases, ailments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, illness, bodily ailment

From 'vi-ā-dhā' (to affect negatively, to inflict), nominal derivation.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: One of the subjects of 'khaṇḍayanti'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Follows the word it connects.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शापाः (śāpāḥ) - curses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, oath

From root 'śap' (to curse, swear), nominal derivation.

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: One of the subjects of 'khaṇḍayanti'.

पापदृशः (pāpadṛśaḥ) - evil glances, malevolent sights/eyes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pāpadṛś

pāpadṛś - evil eye, malevolent glance, evil sight

Compound of 'pāpa' (evil) and 'dṛś' (sight, eye).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (pāpa+dṛś)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wicked
  adjective/noun (neuter)
• dṛś – sight, eye, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see), nominal derivation.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: One of the subjects of 'khaṇḍayanti'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'khaṇḍayanti'.

खण्डयन्ति (khaṇḍayanti) - they break, they destroy, they shatter

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'khaṇḍ' (class 10) + present active third person plural ending 'anti'.

Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: The verb, with multiple subjects.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies 'cittaṃ'. Refers to the mind of such sages as mentioned in previous verses.

चित्तं (cittaṁ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

From root 'cit' (to perceive, think), nominal derivation.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'khaṇḍayanti'.

पद्मघाताः (padmaghātāḥ) - blows from lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padmaghāta

padmaghāta - blow from a lotus, lotus strike

Compound of 'padma' (lotus) and 'ghāta' (blow, strike).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (padma+ghāta)

• padma – lotus, lotus flower
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ghāta – blow, strike, killing, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'han' (to strike, kill) with suffix 'ghañ', nominal derivation.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Subjects of the implied verb (do not break).

शिलाम् (śilām) - a rock, a stone

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

Note: Object of the implied comparison verb.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: Used for simile.