योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-27

यथा यथेच्छा तनुतां याति जन्तोर्विवेकतः ।
तथा तथोपशाम्यन्ति दुःखचिन्ताविषूचिकाः ॥ २७ ॥

yathā yathecchā tanutāṃ yāti jantorvivekataḥ ,
tathā tathopaśāmyanti duḥkhacintāviṣūcikāḥ 27

27. yathā yathā icchā tanutām yāti jantoḥ vivekataḥ |
tathā tathā upaśāmyanti duḥkhacintāviṣūcikāḥ || 27 ||

27. yathā yathā jantoḥ icchā vivekataḥ tanutām yāti,
tathā tathā duḥkhacintāviṣūcikāḥ upaśāmyanti.

27. As a living being's desire diminishes through discernment (viveka), so do the painful afflictions of sorrow and anxiety, like विषूचिका (viṣūcikā) (cholera), subside.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whatever way, to whatever extent

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whatever way, to whatever extent

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, will, inclination

• तनुताम् (tanutām) - thinness, slenderness, diminishment, attenuation

• याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains, becomes

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature

• विवेकतः (vivekataḥ) - by discernment, through discrimination, due to wisdom

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, to that extent

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, to that extent

• उपशाम्यन्ति (upaśāmyanti) - they subside, are pacified, become quiet

• दुःखचिन्ताविषूचिकाः (duḥkhacintāviṣūcikāḥ) - afflictions like cholera from sorrow and anxiety

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whatever way, to whatever extent

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whatever way, to whatever extent

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis or correlation (yathā yathā... tathā tathā...).

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, will, inclination

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, will, inclination, longing

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तनुताम् (tanutām) - thinness, slenderness, diminishment, attenuation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanutā

tanutā - thinness, slenderness, attenuation, diminution

याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

present third person singular

root 'yā' (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, animal, man

विवेकतः (vivekataḥ) - by discernment, through discrimination, due to wisdom

(indeclinable)

tasi suffix for 'from, by means of'

Prefix: vi

Root: vic

Note: Derived from noun 'viveka' with tasi suffix.

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, to that extent

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, to that extent

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis or correlation (yathā yathā... tathā tathā...).

उपशाम्यन्ति (upaśāmyanti) - they subside, are pacified, become quiet

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of upa + śam

present third person plural

root 'śam' (to be quiet) with upasarga 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

दुःखचिन्ताविषूचिकाः (duḥkhacintāviṣūcikāḥ) - afflictions like cholera from sorrow and anxiety

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duḥkhacintāviṣūcikā

duḥkhacintāviṣūcikā - cholera-like afflictions of sorrow and anxiety

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+cintā+viṣūcikā)

• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)
• cintā – thought, anxiety, worry, care
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit
• viṣūcikā – cholera, epidemic, a kind of acute intestinal disease
  noun (feminine)

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