योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-59

क्षीयते मोहमिहिका प्रभात इव शर्वरी ।
क्वापि गच्छति तज्जाड्यं विषं मन्त्रहतं यथा ॥ ५९ ॥

kṣīyate mohamihikā prabhāta iva śarvarī ,
kvāpi gacchati tajjāḍyaṃ viṣaṃ mantrahataṃ yathā 59

59. kṣīyate mohamihikā prabhāta iva śarvarī kva
api gacchati tat jāḍyam viṣam mantrahatam yathā

59. mohamihikā śarvarī iva prabhāta kṣīyate tat
jāḍyam api kva gacchati mantrahatam viṣam yathā

59. The mist of delusion dissipates like night at dawn. That dullness or inertia vanishes completely, just as poison is neutralized by a sacred incantation (mantra).

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - dissipates (is dissipated, is destroyed, wastes away)

• मोहमिहिका (mohamihikā) - the mist of delusion (mist of delusion)

• प्रभात (prabhāta) - dawn (dawn, morning)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

• क्व (kva) - somewhere (where, somewhere, to what place)

• अपि (api) - (with kva) to denote "somewhere" or "completely" vanishes (also, even, moreover, somewhere (with kva))

• गच्छति (gacchati) - vanishes, disappears (goes, proceeds, vanishes)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, this)

• जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness or inertia (dullness, inertia, stupidity)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• मन्त्रहतम् (mantrahatam) - neutralized by a sacred incantation (mantra) (struck by a mantra, neutralized by a mantra)

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

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - dissipates (is dissipated, is destroyed, wastes away)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṣī

Present Tense, Ātmanepada, Passive Voice

Root 'kṣi' (class 9), here in passive voice form.

Root: kṣi (class 9)

मोहमिहिका (mohamihikā) - the mist of delusion (mist of delusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mohamihikā

mohamihikā - mist of delusion

Compound of 'moha' (delusion) and 'mihikā' (mist).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+mihikā)

• moha – delusion, confusion, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'muh' (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mihikā – mist, fog
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'kṣīyate'.

प्रभात (prabhāta) - dawn (dawn, morning)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prabhāta

prabhāta - dawn, morning

From 'pra-' + root 'bhā' (to shine forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Used in comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarvarī

śarvarī - night

Root: śṛ

Note: Used for comparison with 'mohamihikā'.

क्व (kva) - somewhere (where, somewhere, to what place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'ka' (what/who).

Note: Often used with 'api' to mean "somewhere" or "anywhere".

अपि (api) - (with kva) to denote "somewhere" or "completely" vanishes (also, even, moreover, somewhere (with kva))

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - vanishes, disappears (goes, proceeds, vanishes)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

Root 'gam' (class 1, 'gacchati').

Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the previously mentioned 'mohamihikā'.

जाड्यम् (jāḍyam) - dullness or inertia (dullness, inertia, stupidity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāḍya

jāḍya - dullness, inertness, stupidity

Abstract noun from 'jaḍa' (dull, inert).

Note: Subject of 'gacchati'.

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom

Root: viṣ

Note: Used in comparison.

मन्त्रहतम् (mantrahatam) - neutralized by a sacred incantation (mantra) (struck by a mantra, neutralized by a mantra)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mantrahata

mantrahata - struck by a mantra, neutralized by a mantra

Compound. 'hata' is Past Passive Participle of 'han' (to strike, kill).

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (mantra+hata)

• mantra – sacred incantation, hymn, sacred formula
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'man' (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)
• hata – struck, killed, injured, destroyed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'han' (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'viṣam'.

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

(indeclinable)

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