योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-40

निजचेतोविलव्यालाः शरीरस्थलपल्लवाः ।
आधयो व्याधयश्चैते निवार्यन्ते कथं किल ॥ ४० ॥

nijacetovilavyālāḥ śarīrasthalapallavāḥ ,
ādhayo vyādhayaścaite nivāryante kathaṃ kila 40

40. nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyālāḥ śarīra-sthala-pallavāḥ
ādhayaḥ vyādhayaḥ ca ete nivāryante katham kila

40. ete nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyālāḥ śarīra-sthala-pallavāḥ
ādhayaḥ vyādhayaḥ ca katham kila nivāryante

40. The serpents (vyālāḥ) dwelling in the caverns (vila) of one's own mind (nija-cetas) manifest as sprouts (pallavāḥ) in the field (sthala) of the body (śarīra). How indeed can these mental anxieties (ādhayaḥ) and physical ailments (vyādhayaḥ) be averted?

Words meanings summery:

• निज-चेतः-विल-व्यालाः (nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyālāḥ) - serpents residing in the caverns of one's own mind

• शरीर-स्थल-पल्लवाः (śarīra-sthala-pallavāḥ) - sprouts in the field of the body

• आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, worries, distresses

• व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - physical diseases, illnesses, ailments

• च (ca) - and, also

• एते (ete) - these

• निवार्यन्ते (nivāryante) - are averted, are prevented

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

Words meanings and morphology

निज-चेतः-विल-व्यालाः (nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyālāḥ) - serpents residing in the caverns of one's own mind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyāla

nija-cetaḥ-vila-vyāla - serpents in the caverns of one's own mind

Compound type : tatpurusha (nija+cetas+vila+vyāla)

• nija – own, one's own, personal
  adjective
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, heart
  noun (neuter)
• vila – hole, cavern, burrow, den
  noun (masculine)
• vyāla – serpent, snake, beast of prey
  noun (masculine)

शरीर-स्थल-पल्लवाः (śarīra-sthala-pallavāḥ) - sprouts in the field of the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīra-sthala-pallava

śarīra-sthala-pallava - sprouts in the field of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+sthala+pallava)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• sthala – place, spot, field, ground
  noun (neuter)
• pallava – sprout, shoot, new leaf, blossom
  noun (masculine)

आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, worries, distresses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental anguish, anxiety, distress

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - physical diseases, illnesses, ailments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, sickness, illness, ailment

Prefix: vi

Root: ādh (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

निवार्यन्ते (nivāryante) - are averted, are prevented

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of nivārya

passive voice

root 'vṛ' with upasarga 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

(indeclinable)