योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-16, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
स्वभावगम्भीरमेतद्भगवन्वचनं तव ।
यदहंकारतृष्णां त्वं मा गृहाणेति वक्षि माम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
svabhāvagambhīrametadbhagavanvacanaṃ tava ,
yadahaṃkāratṛṣṇāṃ tvaṃ mā gṛhāṇeti vakṣi mām 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca svabhāva-gambhīram etat bhagavan vacanam
tava yat ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇām tvam mā gṛhāṇa iti vakṣi mām

1. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan tvam yat ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇām mā gṛhāṇa
iti mām vakṣi etat tava vacanam svabhāva-gambhīram

1. Śrī Rāma said: "O Lord, this statement of yours is profoundly deep, as you instruct me, 'Do not cling to the craving (tṛṣṇā) rooted in ego (ahaṅkāra).'"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - The speaker, Śrī Rāma (Śrī Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Śrī Rāma said (said, spoke)

• स्वभाव-गम्भीरम् (svabhāva-gambhīram) - The statement is naturally profound (naturally profound, inherently deep)

• एतत् (etat) - this (statement) (this)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressed to the Lord (Vasiṣṭha) (O Lord, O Fortunate One)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the Lord's instruction (word, speech, statement, instruction)

• तव (tava) - your (statement) (your, of you)

• यत् (yat) - as (you instruct me) (which, that, because, as)

• अहङ्कार-तृष्णाम् (ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇām) - the craving (tṛṣṇā) associated with ego (ahaṅkāra) (craving for ego, thirst for self-identity)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Lord, Vasiṣṭha) (you)

• मा (mā) - used for prohibition (not, don't)

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - do not cling (to craving) (take, grasp, hold, cling)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

• वक्षि (vakṣi) - you (Vasiṣṭha) say (you say, you speak)

• माम् (mām) - to me (Śrī Rāma) (me)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - The speaker, Śrī Rāma (Śrī Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

उवाच (uvāca) - Śrī Rāma said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

3rd singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वभाव-गम्भीरम् (svabhāva-gambhīram) - The statement is naturally profound (naturally profound, inherently deep)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svabhāva-gambhīra

svabhāva-gambhīra - naturally profound, inherently deep

Compound type : tatpurusha (svabhāva+gambhīra)

• svabhāva – one's own nature, inherent disposition, essential character
  noun (masculine)
• gambhīra – deep, profound, serious
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'

एतत् (etat) - this (statement) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressed to the Lord (Vasiṣṭha) (O Lord, O Fortunate One)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable; Lord

Root: bhaj (class 1)

वचनम् (vacanam) - the Lord's instruction (word, speech, statement, instruction)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying, statement, instruction

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied 'asti')

तव (tava) - your (statement) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

यत् (yat) - as (you instruct me) (which, that, because, as)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Functions as a conjunction here.

अहङ्कार-तृष्णाम् (ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇām) - the craving (tṛṣṇā) associated with ego (ahaṅkāra) (craving for ego, thirst for self-identity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇā

ahaṅkāra-tṛṣṇā - craving for ego, thirst for self-identity

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+tṛṣṇā)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, self-sense, I-making
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire, attachment
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of `gṛhāṇa`

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Lord, Vasiṣṭha) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of `vakṣi`

मा (mā) - used for prohibition (not, don't)

(indeclinable)

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - do not cling (to craving) (take, grasp, hold, cling)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of grah

imperative active

2nd singular imperative active of √grah

Root: grah (class 9)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

वक्षि (vakṣi) - you (Vasiṣṭha) say (you say, you speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vac

present active

2nd singular present active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

माम् (mām) - to me (Śrī Rāma) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Object of `vakṣi`