योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-55

चित्ततां शृङ्खलामेतां स्वरूपज्ञानयुक्तितः ।
बिलाच्चित्तान्महाबाहो स्वात्मसिंहं विमोचय ॥ ५५ ॥

cittatāṃ śṛṅkhalāmetāṃ svarūpajñānayuktitaḥ ,
bilāccittānmahābāho svātmasiṃhaṃ vimocaya 55

55. cittatām śṛṅkhalām etām svarūpajñānayuktitaḥ
bilāt cittāt mahābāho svātmasiṃham vimocaya

55. mahābāho svarūpajñānayuktitaḥ etām cittatām
śṛṅkhalām cittāt bilāt svātmasiṃham vimocaya

55. O mighty-armed one, by the method of knowledge of your true nature (svarūpa-jñāna), release the lion of your own Self (ātman) from the cave of the mind (citta), which is this very chain of mental activity (citta).

55. באמצעות החכמה של ידיעת טבעך האמיתי, גיבור חיל, שחרר את אריה העצמי שלך מתוך מאורת החשיבה והתר את הכבלים הללו.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तताम् (cittatām) - the chain which is the state of mind (the state of mind, mentality)

• शृङ्खलाम् (śṛṅkhalām) - chain, fetter, bond

• एताम् (etām) - this, this one

• स्वरूपज्ञानयुक्तितः (svarūpajñānayuktitaḥ) - by the method of self-knowledge, through the application of knowledge of one's own nature

• बिलात् (bilāt) - from the cave, from the hole

• चित्तात् (cittāt) - from the cave which is the mind (from the mind (citta))

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• स्वात्मसिंहम् (svātmasiṁham) - the lion of one's own Self (ātman)

• विमोचय (vimocaya) - release, liberate

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तताम् (cittatām) - the chain which is the state of mind (the state of mind, mentality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cittatā

cittatā - the state of mind, consciousness, mentality, mind-ness

शृङ्खलाम् (śṛṅkhalām) - chain, fetter, bond

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śṛṅkhalā

śṛṅkhalā - chain, fetter, bond, entanglement

एताम् (etām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

स्वरूपज्ञानयुक्तितः (svarūpajñānayuktitaḥ) - by the method of self-knowledge, through the application of knowledge of one's own nature

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of svarūpajñānayukti

svarūpajñānayukti - the method, application, or means of knowledge of one's own true nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (svarūpa+jñāna+yukti)

• svarūpa – one's own form or nature, true nature, essential nature
  noun (neuter)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, cognition
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• yukti – union, application, method, reasoning, logic
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

बिलात् (bilāt) - from the cave, from the hole

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bila

bila - cave, hole, den, cavity

चित्तात् (cittāt) - from the cave which is the mind (from the mind (citta))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - one with mighty arms, a powerful person, an epithet often used for heroes like Rama

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

स्वात्मसिंहम् (svātmasiṁham) - the lion of one's own Self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svātmasiṃha

svātmasiṁha - the lion which is one's own Self, the Self that is like a lion (strong, unconquerable)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (svātman+siṃha)

• svātman – one's own self, the individual Self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

विमोचय (vimocaya) - release, liberate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √muc

Causative imperative

Derived from the causative stem mocaya- of √muc with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

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