योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-4, verse-9

मनो मोहमुपादत्ते म्रियते जायते मनः ।
तत्स्वचिन्ताप्रसादेन बध्यते मुच्यते पुनः ॥ ९ ॥

mano mohamupādatte mriyate jāyate manaḥ ,
tatsvacintāprasādena badhyate mucyate punaḥ 9

9. manaḥ moham upādatte mriyate jāyate manaḥ tat
sva-cintā-prasādena badhyate mucyate punaḥ

9. manaḥ moham upādatte.
(tat manaḥ) mriyate,
(tat manaḥ) jāyate (ca).
punaḥ tat sva-cintā-prasādena badhyate mucyate (ca).

9. The mind (manas) embraces delusion; it dies and is born again. Yet, through the clarity (prasāda) of its own contemplation (sva-cintā), that very mind (manas) is bound and then released.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• मोहम् (moham) - delusion, confusion, infatuation, ignorance

• उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes to oneself, assumes, embraces, adopts

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

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

• स्व-चिन्ता-प्रसादेन (sva-cintā-prasādena) - by the clarity arising from one's own thought/contemplation, by self-reflection's purity

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is tied, is fettered

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, is liberated, is freed

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, on the other hand

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

Note: Subject of 'upādatte', 'mriyate', 'jāyate'.

मोहम् (moham) - delusion, confusion, infatuation, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, infatuation

Note: Object of 'upādatte'.

उपादत्ते (upādatte) - takes to oneself, assumes, embraces, adopts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of upā-dā

present indicative, middle voice

root 'dā' (to give/take) with prefix 'upā', 3rd class, ātmanepada

Prefix: upā

Root: dā (class 3)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

(verb)

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

present indicative, middle voice

root 'mṛ', 6th class, ātmanepada (passive-like form)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

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

present indicative, middle voice

root 'jan', 4th class, ātmanepada

Root: jan (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

Note: Reiteration of the subject.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat

tat - that, it

Note: Refers to 'manas' as the subject of 'badhyate' and 'mucyate'.

स्व-चिन्ता-प्रसादेन (sva-cintā-prasādena) - by the clarity arising from one's own thought/contemplation, by self-reflection's purity

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva-cintā-prasāda

sva-cintā-prasāda - clarity/serenity of one's own contemplation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva-cintā+prasāda)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• cintā – thought, reflection, contemplation
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  from root 'cit' (to think) with suffix 'ā'
  Root: cit (class 1)
• prasāda – clarity, serenity, grace, purity
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'sad' with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which the mind is bound/released.

बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is tied, is fettered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of bandh

present indicative, passive voice

root 'bandh', passive conjugation, ātmanepada

Root: bandh (class 9)

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, is liberated, is freed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of muc

present indicative, passive voice

root 'muc', passive conjugation, ātmanepada

Root: muc (class 6)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates repetition or reversal.