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.

4. בעזרת המַנְתְרָה של לימוד החכמה הרוחנית, המופנמת בעומק החשיבה, מגפת הארס של התשוקה מתפוגגת, כמו הערפל הנעלם בבוא הסתיו.

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)

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