योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-92, verse-7

मनः शापादिभिर्दोषैः कथं नाक्रम्यते प्रभो ।
कथमाक्रम्यते वापि ब्रूहि मे परमेश्वर ॥ ७ ॥

manaḥ śāpādibhirdoṣaiḥ kathaṃ nākramyate prabho ,
kathamākramyate vāpi brūhi me parameśvara 7

7. manaḥ śāpādibhiḥ doṣaiḥ katham na ākramyate prabho
| katham ākramyate vā api brūhi me parameśvara

7. Prabho,
manaḥ śāpādibhiḥ doṣaiḥ katham na ākramyate? Vā api katham ākramyate? Parameśvara,
me brūhi.

7. O Lord (prabho), how is the mind (manas) not assailed by faults such as curses? Or, if it is assailed, how does that happen? Tell me, O Supreme Lord (parameśvara).

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect)

• शापादिभिः (śāpādibhiḥ) - by curses and such faults (by curses and others (similar things))

• दोषैः (doṣaiḥ) - by faults (by faults, by defects)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is affected (is attacked, is assailed, is affected)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (prabho)! (O Lord! O master!)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is affected (is attacked, is assailed, is affected)

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also (emphatic or suggesting an alternative) (also, even, too)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• परमेश्वर (parameśvara) - O Supreme Lord (parameśvara)! (O Supreme Lord!)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

Root √man (to think) + -as suffix.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'ākramyate'.

शापादिभिः (śāpādibhiḥ) - by curses and such faults (by curses and others (similar things))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śāpādi

śāpādi - curse etc., beginning with curses

Compound 'śāpa' + 'ādi'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (śāpa+ādi)

• śāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √śap (to curse, to swear).
  Root: śap (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an agent of 'ākramyate' along with 'doṣaiḥ'.

दोषैः (doṣaiḥ) - by faults (by faults, by defects)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, vice

Derived from root √duṣ (to be bad, to be spoiled).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Co-agent with 'śāpādibhiḥ'.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kim' (what) + suffix -tham.

Note: Begins an interrogative sentence.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is affected (is attacked, is assailed, is affected)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ā-kram

Present, passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used twice in the verse, once with negation and once without.

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (prabho)! (O Lord! O master!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful

Derived from 'pra' + √bhū (to be, to exist).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Address to a divine or revered being.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kim' (what) + suffix -tham.

Note: Begins the second part of the interrogative.

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is assailed, is affected (is attacked, is assailed, is affected)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ā-kram

Present, passive voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (emphatic or suggesting an alternative) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Placed after the word it emphasizes. Here, 'vā api' forms a particle pair 'or even'.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative, active voice, 2nd person singular.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: A direct command.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun asmad.

Note: Null gender since it's a pronoun referring to the speaker.

परमेश्वर (parameśvara) - O Supreme Lord (parameśvara)! (O Supreme Lord!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of parameśvara

parameśvara - Supreme Lord, highest lord (a title for Śiva or Viṣṇu)

Compound 'parama' (supreme) + 'īśvara' (lord).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśvara)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective
• īśvara – lord, master, controller, God
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √īś (to rule, to be master of).
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Address to a supreme deity.