योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-29

मुहूर्तमात्रं ते पुत्र चेतो वानरचञ्चलम् ।
अज्ञानमभ्यास्रशतु शशः शशधरं यथा ॥ २९ ॥

muhūrtamātraṃ te putra ceto vānaracañcalam ,
ajñānamabhyāsraśatu śaśaḥ śaśadharaṃ yathā 29

29. muhūrtamātram te putra cetaḥ vānaracañcalam
ajñānam abhyāsraśatu śaśaḥ śaśadharam yathā

29. putra te vānaracañcalam cetaḥ muhūrtamātram
ajñānam śaśaḥ śaśadharam yathā abhyāsraśatu

29. O son, may ignorance (ajñāna) envelop your mind, which is as fickle as a monkey, just as a hare obscures the moon.

Words meanings summery:

• मुहूर्तमात्रम् (muhūrtamātram) - for a moment, only a moment

• ते (te) - your

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

• वानरचञ्चलम् (vānaracañcalam) - restless like a monkey

• अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance

• अभ्यास्रशतु (abhyāsraśatu) - may it afflict, may it cover, may it seize

• शशः (śaśaḥ) - a hare, a rabbit

• शशधरम् (śaśadharam) - the moon

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

मुहूर्तमात्रम् (muhūrtamātram) - for a moment, only a moment

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (muhūrta+mātra)

• muhūrta – a moment, an instant, a period of 48 minutes
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – only, merely, measuring, extent
  indeclinable

Note: Adverbial usage.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tva

tva - you

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

वानरचञ्चलम् (vānaracañcalam) - restless like a monkey

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vānaracañcala

vānaracañcala - restless like a monkey, fickle as a monkey

Compound type : upamāna-karmadhāraya (vānara+cañcala)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• cañcala – restless, fickle, moving, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cal (class 1)

अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (ajñāna)

Formed with 'a-' (negation) and 'jñāna' (knowledge).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

अभ्यास्रशतु (abhyāsraśatu) - may it afflict, may it cover, may it seize

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of abhyāsraś

Imperative, 3rd person singular.

Imperative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root 'sraś' with prefixes 'abhi-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: sraś (class 1)

शशः (śaśaḥ) - a hare, a rabbit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśa

śaśa - hare, rabbit

शशधरम् (śaśadharam) - the moon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaśadhara

śaśadhara - the moon (lit. 'bearer of a hare/rabbit')

Compound formed from 'śaśa' (hare) and 'dhara' (bearer).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śaśa+dhara)

• śaśa – hare, rabbit
  noun (masculine)
• dhara – bearing, holding, supporting; a bearer, holder
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √dhṛ
  Suffix -a to root √dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)