योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-9

मनो मन्ये मनः कर्म तच्छरीरेषु कारणम् ।
जायते म्रियते तद्धि नात्मनीदृग्विधा गुणाः ॥ ९ ॥

mano manye manaḥ karma taccharīreṣu kāraṇam ,
jāyate mriyate taddhi nātmanīdṛgvidhā guṇāḥ 9

9. manaḥ manye manaḥ karma tat śarīreṣu kāraṇam
jāyate mriyate tat hi na ātmani īdṛgvidhāḥ guṇāḥ

9. manye manaḥ karma tat śarīreṣu kāraṇam hi tat
jāyate mriyate īdṛgvidhāḥ guṇāḥ ātmani na (santi)

9. I consider the mind to be action (karma), which is the cause within those bodies. Indeed, it (the mind) is born and dies, but such qualities do not exist in the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• कर्म (karma) - here as 'action' or 'activity' that leads to consequences (action, deed, ritual, fate)

• तत् (tat) - referring to the mind as action (that, it)

• शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - in bodies

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

• तत् (tat) - refers to the mind (that, it)

• हि (hi) - emphatic particle (indeed, surely, for)

• न (na) - not

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul

• ईदृग्विधाः (īdṛgvidhāḥ) - of this kind, such qualities

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - here, negative attributes like birth and death (qualities, attributes, virtues)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

present middle

class 4 verb

Root: man (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought

कर्म (karma) - here as 'action' or 'activity' that leads to consequences (action, deed, ritual, fate)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of action

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - referring to the mind as action (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to 'manaḥ karma'.

शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - in bodies

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative.

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present middle

class 4 verb

Root: jan (class 4)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

present middle

class 6 verb

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तत् (tat) - refers to the mind (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Subject of jāyate and mriyate.

हि (hi) - emphatic particle (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - the Self, soul, spirit, essence

ईदृग्विधाः (īdṛgvidhāḥ) - of this kind, such qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īdṛgvidha

īdṛgvidha - of this kind, such-like

compound of īdṛś (such) and vidhā (form/manner)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (īdṛś+vidhā)

• īdṛś – such, of this kind
  adjective
• vidhā – manner, way, kind, form
  noun (feminine)
  from root dhā (to place) with prefix vi (variant meaning)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies guṇāḥ.

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - here, negative attributes like birth and death (qualities, attributes, virtues)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, strand, constituent of nature

Note: Subject of implied 'santi' (are).