योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-29

श्रीराम उवाच ।
आधेः कथं भवेद्व्याधिः कथं च स विनश्यति ।
द्रव्यादितरया युक्त्या मन्त्रपुण्यादिरूपया ॥ २९ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ādheḥ kathaṃ bhavedvyādhiḥ kathaṃ ca sa vinaśyati ,
dravyāditarayā yuktyā mantrapuṇyādirūpayā 29

29. śrīrāma uvāca ādheḥ katham bhavet vyādhiḥ katham ca saḥ
vinaśyati dravyāt itarayā yuktyā mantrapuṇyādirūpayā

29. śrīrāma uvāca.
katham vyādhiḥ ādheḥ bhavet? ca katham saḥ dravyāt itarayā mantrapuṇyādirūpayā yuktyā vinaśyati?

29. Śrī Rāma said: How does disease (vyādhi) arise from mental anguish (ādhi)? And how is it destroyed by methods other than those involving material substances, specifically methods like sacred chants (mantras) and meritorious deeds?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (as the speaker) (Lord Rama, Rama)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• आधेः (ādheḥ) - from mental anguish (ādhi) (from mental distress, from anxiety, from suffering)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - does it arise, may it become (may be, should be, would be, becomes)

• व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - disease (disease, illness, malady)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सः (saḥ) - it (referring to disease) (he, that)

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

• द्रव्यात् (dravyāt) - from material substances (from substance, from material, from wealth)

• इतरया (itarayā) - by other (methods) (by other, by different)

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method (by means, by method, by reason, by skill)

• मन्त्रपुण्यादिरूपया (mantrapuṇyādirūpayā) - by means like sacred chants (mantras) and meritorious deeds (by means of the form of mantra, merit, etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (as the speaker) (Lord Rama, Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

Compound of 'śrī' (prosperity, revered) and 'rāma' (a name).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (a proper name), pleasing, charming
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect

Perfect active 3rd person singular of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

आधेः (ādheḥ) - from mental anguish (ādhi) (from mental distress, from anxiety, from suffering)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, distress, grief

From ā-√dhyai (to think of) or ā-√dhā (to place).

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Expresses origin/cause.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

Note: Adverb of manner.

भवेत् (bhavet) - does it arise, may it become (may be, should be, would be, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative

Optative active 3rd person singular of √bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - disease (disease, illness, malady)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, sickness, affliction

From vi-ā-√dhā (to inflict, cause pain).

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

Note: Adverb of manner.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two questions.

सः (saḥ) - it (referring to disease) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'vyādhiḥ'.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

(verb)

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

Present active

From vi-√naś (to be lost, perish).

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

द्रव्यात् (dravyāt) - from material substances (from substance, from material, from wealth)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - substance, material, thing, wealth

Derived from 'dru' (tree, wood), or √dru (to run).

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Indicates separation or difference from.

इतरया (itarayā) - by other (methods) (by other, by different)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of itara

itara - other, different, another, inferior

Note: Agrees with 'yuktyā'.

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method (by means, by method, by reason, by skill)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - union, conjunction, application, method, means, reason, skill, argument

From √yuj (to join, connect, apply).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Specifies the manner of destruction.

मन्त्रपुण्यादिरूपया (mantrapuṇyādirūpayā) - by means like sacred chants (mantras) and meritorious deeds (by means of the form of mantra, merit, etc.)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mantrapuṇyādirūpa

mantrapuṇyādirūpa - having the form of mantra, merit, etc.

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mantra+puṇya+ādi+rūpa)

• mantra – sacred chant, incantation, formula
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √man (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, sacred
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'yuktyā'.