योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-11

चेतस्तु जीवतां यातं चिच्छक्तिपरिभूषितम् ।
विद्यात्संसारसंरम्भं कपिपोतकचञ्चलम् ॥ ११ ॥

cetastu jīvatāṃ yātaṃ cicchaktiparibhūṣitam ,
vidyātsaṃsārasaṃrambhaṃ kapipotakacañcalam 11

11. cetaḥ tu jīvatām yātam cicchaktiparibhūṣitam
vidyāt saṃsārasaṃrambham kapipotakacañcalam

11. tu jīvatām yātam cicchaktiparibhūṣitam cetaḥ
saṃsārasaṃrambham kapipotakacañcalam vidyāt

11. However, one should understand that the mind (cetas), having attained life and being adorned with the power of consciousness (cit-śakti), is the instigator of worldly activity (saṃsāra) and is as fickle as a young monkey.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• जीवताम् (jīvatām) - to life, existence

• यातम् (yātam) - having gone, attained, come into being

• चिच्छक्तिपरिभूषितम् (cicchaktiparibhūṣitam) - adorned with the power of consciousness (cit-śakti)

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, understand, discern

• संसारसंरम्भम् (saṁsārasaṁrambham) - the instigator of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the agitation of saṃsāra, worldly activity)

• कपिपोतकचञ्चलम् (kapipotakacañcalam) - as fickle as a young monkey

Words meanings and morphology

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence

S-stem neuter noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject (implicitly object of 'vidyāt').

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

जीवताम् (jīvatām) - to life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvatā

jīvatā - life, existence, state of being alive

Abstract feminine noun derived from root JĪV (to live) with suffix -tā.

Root: jīv (class 1)

यातम् (yātam) - having gone, attained, come into being

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, attained, come into being

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root YĀ (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'cetaḥ'.

चिच्छक्तिपरिभूषितम् (cicchaktiparibhūṣitam) - adorned with the power of consciousness (cit-śakti)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cicchaktiparibhūṣita

cicchaktiparibhūṣita - adorned by the power of consciousness

Compound of 'cit-śakti' (power of consciousness) and 'paribhūṣita' (adorned). Instrumental Tatpurusha.

Compound type : tatpurusha (citśakti+paribhūṣita)

• citśakti – power of consciousness (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of 'cit' (consciousness) and 'śakti' (power).
• paribhūṣita – adorned, embellished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root BHŪṢ (to adorn) with prefix PARI
  Prefix: pari
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'cetaḥ'.

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, understand, discern

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vid

Optative Active

3rd person singular Optative Active of root VID (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

संसारसंरम्भम् (saṁsārasaṁrambham) - the instigator of transmigration (saṃsāra) (the agitation of saṃsāra, worldly activity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsārasaṃrambha

saṁsārasaṁrambha - agitation/activity of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Compound of 'saṃsāra' (transmigration) and 'saṃrambha' (agitation, excitement, undertaking).

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+saṃrambha)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• saṃrambha – agitation, excitement, undertaking, beginning, activity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate accusative for 'cetaḥ'.

कपिपोतकचञ्चलम् (kapipotakacañcalam) - as fickle as a young monkey

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kapipotakacañcala

kapipotakacañcala - fickle as a young monkey

Compound of 'kapi-potaka' (young monkey) and 'cañcala' (fickle). Bahuvrihi compound describing a quality of the mind.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kapi+potaka+cañcala)

• kapi – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• potaka – young animal, cub, offspring
  noun (masculine)
• cañcala – fickle, unsteady, tremulous
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'cetaḥ' and acts as a predicate accusative.