योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-18, verse-12

जितचित्ता महात्मानो ये हि दृष्टपरावराः ।
स्वभाव ईदृशस्तेषां कथितस्तव राघव ॥ १२ ॥

jitacittā mahātmāno ye hi dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ ,
svabhāva īdṛśasteṣāṃ kathitastava rāghava 12

12. jitacittāḥ mahātmānaḥ ye hi dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ
svabhāvaḥ īdṛśaḥ teṣām kathitaḥ tava rāghava

12. rāghava ye jitacittāḥ hi dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ
mahātmānaḥ teṣām īdṛśaḥ svabhāvaḥ tava kathitaḥ

12. O Rāghava, such is the intrinsic nature (dharma) of those great souls (mahātman) who have conquered their minds and who have indeed discerned the higher and the lower (truths), as has been told to you.

Words meanings summery:

• जितचित्ताः (jitacittāḥ) - those whose minds are conquered, self-controlled

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls (mahātman), noble-minded persons

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

• दृष्टपरावराः (dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ) - those who have seen the higher and the lower, those who have discerned the ultimate and the manifest

• स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (dharma), one's own nature, inherent disposition

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind, like this

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - has been told, related, spoken

• तव (tava) - to you, your

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

जितचित्ताः (jitacittāḥ) - those whose minds are conquered, self-controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jitacitta

jitacitta - one whose mind is conquered, self-controlled

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jita+citta)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: ji (class 1)
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls (mahātman), noble-minded persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded person, a sage, a great being

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

(indeclinable)

दृष्टपरावराः (dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ) - those who have seen the higher and the lower, those who have discerned the ultimate and the manifest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭaparāvara

dṛṣṭaparāvara - one who has seen the higher and the lower (principles/truths)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dṛṣṭa+para+avara)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, observed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• para – higher, supreme, ultimate
  adjective
• avara – lower, inferior, posterior, manifest
  adjective

स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (dharma), one's own nature, inherent disposition

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - one's own nature, inherent disposition, intrinsic nature (dharma), essential quality

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence, feeling, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind, like this

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - has been told, related, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, related, spoken, narrated

Past Passive Participle

Root: kath (class 10)

तव (tava) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can be genitive 'your' or dative 'to you'.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama, Lakshmana, etc.)