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.

27. ככל שהתשוקה אצל האדם מתמעטת בזכות האבחנה הרוחנית, כך נרגעות מגיפות הדאגה והסבל.

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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