योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-39

यथा विरेकं कुर्वन्ति हरीतक्यः स्वभावतः ।
भावनावशतः कायं तथा यरलवादयः ॥ ३९ ॥

yathā virekaṃ kurvanti harītakyaḥ svabhāvataḥ ,
bhāvanāvaśataḥ kāyaṃ tathā yaralavādayaḥ 39

39. yathā virekam kurvanti harītakyaḥ svabhāvataḥ
bhāvanā vaśataḥ kāyam tathā yaralavādayaḥ

39. yathā harītakyaḥ svabhāvataḥ virekam kurvanti
tathā yaralavādayaḥ bhāvanā vaśataḥ kāyam

39. Just as Harītakī fruits naturally cause purgation, similarly, the letters Ya, Ra, La, Va, and others (when part of a mantra), by the power of contemplation (bhāvanā), affect the body.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• विरेकम् (virekam) - purgation, evacuation

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they cause

• हरीतक्यः (harītakyaḥ) - Harītakī fruits

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by their intrinsic nature, naturally

• भावना (bhāvanā) - contemplation, meditation, visualization

• वशतः (vaśataḥ) - by the power, by means of the control

• कायम् (kāyam) - the body

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

• यरलवादयः (yaralavādayaḥ) - Ya, Ra, La, Va and others (referring to specific sounds or letters)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

विरेकम् (virekam) - purgation, evacuation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vireka

vireka - purgation, evacuation, catharsis

from root ric (to evacuate) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: ric (class 7)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they cause

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kṛ

root present class 8

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हरीतक्यः (harītakyaḥ) - Harītakī fruits

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of harītakī

harītakī - Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula), a medicinal fruit

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by their intrinsic nature, naturally

(indeclinable)

from root bhū (to be) with prefix sva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhāva – being, existence, nature, state of being
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Derived from noun 'svabhāva' with the ablative suffix -tas.

भावना (bhāvanā) - contemplation, meditation, visualization

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - contemplation, meditation, imagination, production, causing to be

from causative of root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

वशतः (vaśataḥ) - by the power, by means of the control

(indeclinable)

Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: Derived from noun 'vaśa' with the ablative suffix -tas.

कायम् (kāyam) - the body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, collection, group

Root: ci (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

यरलवादयः (yaralavādayaḥ) - Ya, Ra, La, Va and others (referring to specific sounds or letters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yaralavādi

yaralavādi - starting with Ya, Ra, La, Va (referring to specific consonants in Sanskrit phonology, often part of mantras)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ya+ra+la+va+ādi)

• ya – the letter 'ya'
  proper noun
• ra – the letter 'ra'
  proper noun
• la – the letter 'la'
  proper noun
• va – the letter 'va'
  proper noun
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

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