योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-2

संसारस्यास्य दुःखस्य सर्वोपद्रवदायिनः ।
उपाय एक एवास्ति मनसः स्वस्य निग्रहः ॥ २ ॥

saṃsārasyāsya duḥkhasya sarvopadravadāyinaḥ ,
upāya eka evāsti manasaḥ svasya nigrahaḥ 2

2. saṃsārasya asya duḥkhasya sarva-upadrava-dāyinaḥ
upāyaḥ ekaḥ eva asti manasaḥ svasya nigrahaḥ

2. asya duḥkhasya sarva-upadrava-dāyinaḥ saṃsārasya (nivṛttyai) ekaḥ upāyaḥ eva asti: svasya manasaḥ nigrahaḥ.

2. For this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra), which is suffering and the source of all afflictions, there is only one remedy: the control of one's own mind.

Words meanings summery:

• संसारस्य (saṁsārasya) - for this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (of saṃsāra, of worldly existence)

• अस्य (asya) - for this (of this, for this (masculine/neuter))

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - (which is) suffering (of suffering, of pain)

• सर्व-उपद्रव-दायिनः (sarva-upadrava-dāyinaḥ) - (which is) the source of all afflictions (of that which gives all calamities, causing all afflictions)

• उपायः (upāyaḥ) - remedy, means (means, method, remedy, stratagem)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - only one (one, single, alone)

• एव (eva) - solely, alone (only, just, indeed)

• अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

• मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind

• स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own (of one's own, his own, her own)

• निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - the control, the restraint (restraint, control, subjugation, suppression)

Words meanings and morphology

संसारस्य (saṁsārasya) - for this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (of saṃsāra, of worldly existence)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of birth and death, transmigration, worldly existence

From root sṛ (to flow, move) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Genitive indicating purpose or relation ('for this saṃsāra').

अस्य (asya) - for this (of this, for this (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies saṃsārasya and duḥkhasya.

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - (which is) suffering (of suffering, of pain)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, sorrow, suffering, misery

Note: Also genitive, agreeing with saṃsārasya.

सर्व-उपद्रव-दायिनः (sarva-upadrava-dāyinaḥ) - (which is) the source of all afflictions (of that which gives all calamities, causing all afflictions)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarva-upadrava-dāyin

sarva-upadrava-dāyin - causing all troubles/calamities, giving all afflictions

Compound. dāyin is an agent noun (giver) from dā (to give).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+upadrava+dāyin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• upadrava – calamity, trouble, affliction, misfortune
  noun (masculine)
  From upa + dru (to run).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: dru (class 1)
• dāyin – giving, causing, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root dā (to give) with agent suffix -in.
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies saṃsārasya.

उपायः (upāyaḥ) - remedy, means (means, method, remedy, stratagem)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, remedy, approach

From upa + root i (to go).

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

एकः (ekaḥ) - only one (one, single, alone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, alone, unique

Numeral/pronoun.

एव (eva) - solely, alone (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes ekaḥ.

अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Genitive, indicating possession of the 'restraint'.

स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own (of one's own, his own, her own)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, own, proper

Reflexive possessive pronoun/adjective.

Note: Qualifies manasaḥ.

निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - the control, the restraint (restraint, control, subjugation, suppression)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - restraint, control, subjugation, suppression

From root grah (to seize) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: The remedy itself.

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