योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-4

अध्यात्मशास्त्रमन्त्रेण तृष्णाविषविषूचिका ।
क्षीयते भावितेनान्तः शरदा मिहिका यथा ॥ ४ ॥

adhyātmaśāstramantreṇa tṛṣṇāviṣaviṣūcikā ,
kṣīyate bhāvitenāntaḥ śaradā mihikā yathā 4

4. adhyātmaśāstra-mantreṇa tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā
kṣīyate bhāvitena antaḥ śaradā mihikā yathā

4. śaradā yathā mihikā (kṣīyate),
(tathā) adhyātmaśāstra-mantreṇa antaḥ bhāvitena tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā kṣīyate.

4. Just as mist (mihikā) is dispelled by autumn, so too the cholera-like poison (viṣūcikā) of craving (tṛṣṇā) is destroyed internally through the sacred utterance (mantra) of spiritual teachings (adhyātmaśāstra), when it is thoroughly contemplated.

Words meanings summery:

• अध्यात्मशास्त्र-मन्त्रेण (adhyātmaśāstra-mantreṇa) - by the mantra of spiritual science/scripture of the self.

• तृष्णा-विष-विषूचिका (tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like poison of craving/thirst/desire.

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, dwindles, wastes away.

• भावितेन (bhāvitena) - by that which is contemplated, by contemplation, by intense meditation.

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally.

• शरदा (śaradā) - by autumn.

• मिहिका (mihikā) - mist, fog, hoar-frost.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as.

Words meanings and morphology

अध्यात्मशास्त्र-मन्त्रेण (adhyātmaśāstra-mantreṇa) - by the mantra of spiritual science/scripture of the self.

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adhyātmaśāstra-mantra

adhyātmaśāstra-mantra - a sacred utterance or formula from the spiritual scriptures or science of the self.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyātmaśāstra+mantra)

• adhyātmaśāstra – spiritual science, science of the self, metaphysics.
  noun (neuter)
• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, formula, incantation.
  noun (masculine)

तृष्णा-विष-विषूचिका (tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like poison of craving/thirst/desire.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā

tṛṣṇā-viṣa-viṣūcikā - cholera-like disease of the poison of desire/thirst.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+viṣa+viṣūcikā)

• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire.
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom.
  noun (neuter)
• viṣūcikā – cholera, epidemic, a type of disease.
  noun (feminine)

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, dwindles, wastes away.

(verb)

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

Root: kṣī (class 9)

Note: Present passive of root kṣī.

भावितेन (bhāvitena) - by that which is contemplated, by contemplation, by intense meditation.

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāvita

bhāvita - contemplated, meditated upon, developed, produced.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be) in causative form (bhāvayati) + past passive suffix -ta.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mantreṇa'.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally.

(indeclinable)

शरदा (śaradā) - by autumn.

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year.

मिहिका (mihikā) - mist, fog, hoar-frost.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mihikā

mihikā - mist, fog, hoar-frost.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as.

(indeclinable)