योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-22

चित्तमर्कटसंरम्भसंक्षुब्धः कायपादपः ।
तथा वेगेन चलति यथाऽऽमूलान्निकृन्तति ॥ २२ ॥

cittamarkaṭasaṃrambhasaṃkṣubdhaḥ kāyapādapaḥ ,
tathā vegena calati yathā''mūlānnikṛntati 22

22. cittamarkaṭasaṃrambhasaṃkṣubdhaḥ kāyapādapaḥ
tathā vegena calati yathā āmūlāt nikṛntati

22. cittamarkaṭasaṃrambhasaṃkṣubdhaḥ kāyapādapaḥ
tathā vegena calati yathā āmūlāt nikṛntati

22. The tree of the body, agitated by the furious monkey of the mind (citta), shakes with such speed that it uproots itself from the very foundation.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तमर्कटसंरम्भसंक्षुब्धः (cittamarkaṭasaṁrambhasaṁkṣubdhaḥ) - agitated by the furious monkey of the mind

• कायपादपः (kāyapādapaḥ) - tree of the body

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, with force, quickly

• चलति (calati) - moves, shakes, trembles

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

• आमूलात् (āmūlāt) - from the root, from the very foundation

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - uproots, cuts off completely, severs

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तमर्कटसंरम्भसंक्षुब्धः (cittamarkaṭasaṁrambhasaṁkṣubdhaḥ) - agitated by the furious monkey of the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittamarkaṭasaṃrambhasaṃkṣubdha

cittamarkaṭasaṁrambhasaṁkṣubdha - agitated by the agitation/fury of the monkey of the mind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (citta+markaṭa+saṃrambha+saṃkṣubdha)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'cit' (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• markaṭa – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• saṃrambha – agitation, fury, wrath, vehemence
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'rambh' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rambh (class 1)
• saṃkṣubdha – agitated, greatly disturbed, shaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṣubh' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣubh (class 4)

कायपादपः (kāyapādapaḥ) - tree of the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāyapādapa

kāyapādapa - body-tree, the body conceptualized as a tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāya+pādapa)

• kāya – body, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)
• pādapa – tree (lit. drinking with feet/roots)
  noun (masculine)
  From 'pāda' (foot/root) + 'pa' (drinker, from root 'pā' to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, with force, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force, impulse, current

From root 'vij' (to move rapidly)

Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Denotes manner.

चलति (calati) - moves, shakes, trembles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a result clause.

आमूलात् (āmūlāt) - from the root, from the very foundation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of āmūla

āmūla - extending to the root, from the root

'ā' (up to) + 'mūla' (root)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+mūla)

• ā – up to, until, towards, completely
  indeclinable
• mūla – root, basis, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the point from which the action starts.

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - uproots, cuts off completely, severs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

From root 'kṛnt' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

Note: The subject is 'kāyapādapaḥ'.