योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-85

वैराग्यात्कारणाभ्यासाद्युक्तितो व्यसनक्षयात् ।
परमार्थावबोधाच्च रोध्यन्ते प्राणवायवः ॥ ८५ ॥

vairāgyātkāraṇābhyāsādyuktito vyasanakṣayāt ,
paramārthāvabodhācca rodhyante prāṇavāyavaḥ 85

85. vairāgyāt kāraṇābhyāsāt yuktitah vyasanakṣayāt
paramārthāvabodhāt ca rodhyante prāṇavāyavaḥ

85. vairāgyāt kāraṇābhyāsāt yuktitah vyasanakṣayāt
ca paramārthāvabodhāt prāṇavāyavaḥ rodhyante

85. The vital airs (prāṇa-vāyus) are restrained through dispassion, through the practice of the underlying cause, through proper method, through the elimination of distress, and through the realization of the supreme truth.

85. באמצעות וַאירָאגְיַה (אי-היקשרות), תרגול נכון, שיטה הולמת, חיסול ההרגל ההרסני והבנת האמת העליונה, נרגעות נשמות החיים (פְּרָאנָה-וָאיוּ).

Words meanings summery:

• वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt) - from dispassion, due to detachment, through renunciation

• कारणाभ्यासात् (kāraṇābhyāsāt) - from the practice of the cause, through the repeated application of the means

• युक्तितह् (yuktitah) - through proper method (by means of reason, through proper method, by stratagem)

• व्यसनक्षयात् (vyasanakṣayāt) - from the destruction of distress, through the elimination of misfortune

• परमार्थावबोधात् (paramārthāvabodhāt) - from the understanding of the supreme truth, through the realization of ultimate reality

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• रोध्यन्ते (rodhyante) - are restrained, are obstructed, are stopped

• प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - the vital airs, the breaths (prāṇa-vāyus)

Words meanings and morphology

वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt) - from dispassion, due to detachment, through renunciation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vairāgya

vairāgya - dispassion, detachment, renunciation, non-attachment

from vi-rāga (rāga meaning attachment) + ya (noun suffix)

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Cause for restraint.

कारणाभ्यासात् (kāraṇābhyāsāt) - from the practice of the cause, through the repeated application of the means

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāraṇābhyāsa

kāraṇābhyāsa - practice of the cause/means

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+abhyāsa)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument, means
  noun (neuter)
  from kṛ + ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• abhyāsa – practice, repeated effort, study, repetition
  noun (masculine)
  from abhi-as + ghañ
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Another cause for restraint.

युक्तितह् (yuktitah) - through proper method (by means of reason, through proper method, by stratagem)

(indeclinable)

from yuj + ti

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Another cause for restraint.

व्यसनक्षयात् (vyasanakṣayāt) - from the destruction of distress, through the elimination of misfortune

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vyasanakṣaya

vyasanakṣaya - destruction of distress/misfortune, elimination of calamity

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyasana+kṣaya)

• vyasana – distress, misfortune, calamity, addiction, vice
  noun (neuter)
  from vi-as + lyuṭ
  Prefix: vi
  Root: as (class 4)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decrease, end, decay
  noun (masculine)
  from kṣi + a
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Another cause for restraint.

परमार्थावबोधात् (paramārthāvabodhāt) - from the understanding of the supreme truth, through the realization of ultimate reality

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paramārthāvabodha

paramārthāvabodha - understanding of the supreme truth, realization of ultimate reality

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+artha+avabodha)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest
  adjective (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth, reality
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ
• avabodha – understanding, comprehension, knowledge, realization
  noun (masculine)
  from ava-budh + ghañ
  Prefix: ava
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Another cause for restraint.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Joins the last cause.

रोध्यन्ते (rodhyante) - are restrained, are obstructed, are stopped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of rudh

Present tense, passive voice

from rudh (class 7) + ya + ate (passive ending)

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: The verb governing the plural subject 'prāṇavāyavaḥ'.

प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - the vital airs, the breaths (prāṇa-vāyus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇavāyu

prāṇavāyu - vital air (prāṇa-vāyu), breath-wind, a specific type of prāṇa

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇa+vāyu)

• prāṇa – breath, vital air, life-force (prāṇa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• vāyu – wind, air, vital air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  from vā + u
  Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'rodhyante'.

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