योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-21, verse-23

छिन्नतृष्णामहाशाखे चित्तस्थाणौ स्थितिं गते ।
एकरूपतया धैर्यं प्रयाति शतशाखताम् ॥ २३ ॥

chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe cittasthāṇau sthitiṃ gate ,
ekarūpatayā dhairyaṃ prayāti śataśākhatām 23

23. chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe cittasthāṇau sthitim gate
ekarūpatayā dhairyam prayāti śataśākhatām

23. chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe cittasthāṇau sthitim gate (sati),
dhairyam ekarūpatayā śataśākhatām prayāti.

23. When the mind (citta), which is like a stump because its great branches of craving (tṛṣṇā) have been severed, attains a steady state, then fortitude (dhairya) becomes uniform and achieves a multi-branched, extensive state.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नतृष्णामहाशाखे (chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe) - in the context of the mind-stump (on the mind-stump with great branches of craving cut)

• चित्तस्थाणौ (cittasthāṇau) - on the mind-stump

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - steadiness, state, position

• गते (gate) - having reached steadiness (having gone, having attained, reached)

• एकरूपतया (ekarūpatayā) - by oneness of form, uniformly, steadily

• धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - fortitude, patience, steadfastness

• प्रयाति (prayāti) - attains, goes forward, advances

• शतशाखताम् (śataśākhatām) - multi-branched state, a hundred-branched state (metaphor for extensive, profound)

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नतृष्णामहाशाखे (chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe) - in the context of the mind-stump (on the mind-stump with great branches of craving cut)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākha

chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākha - having its great branches of craving cut

Compound of chinna, tṛṣṇā, mahā, and śākha

Compound type : bahuvrihi (chinna+tṛṣṇā+mahā+śākha)

• chinna – cut, severed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root chid (to cut)
  Root: chid (class 7)
• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  Shortened form of mahat in compounds
• śākha – branch
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, describing cittasthāṇau.

चित्तस्थाणौ (cittasthāṇau) - on the mind-stump

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cittasthāṇu

cittasthāṇu - mind-stump (mind likened to a tree stump)

Compound of citta and sthāṇu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+sthāṇu)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• sthāṇu – stump, trunk, post; motionless, fixed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - steadiness, state, position

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, steadiness, state, position

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of gate.

गते (gate) - having reached steadiness (having gone, having attained, reached)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained; past

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, agreeing with cittasthāṇau.

एकरूपतया (ekarūpatayā) - by oneness of form, uniformly, steadily

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ekarūpatā

ekarūpatā - oneness of form, uniformity, sameness

Compound of eka, rūpa, and the suffix -tā

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+rūpa+tā)

• eka – one, single, uniform
  numeral
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'state of being'
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix to form abstract nouns, indicating 'the state or condition of'

Note: Functions adverbially.

धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - fortitude, patience, steadfastness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhairya

dhairya - firmness, fortitude, patience, steadfastness

Derived from dhīra (firm, steady)

Note: Subject of prayāti.

प्रयाति (prayāti) - attains, goes forward, advances

(verb)

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

From root yā with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

शतशाखताम् (śataśākhatām) - multi-branched state, a hundred-branched state (metaphor for extensive, profound)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śataśākhatā

śataśākhatā - hundred-branched state; state of having many branches

Compound of śata, śākha, and the suffix -tā

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śata+śākha+tā)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• śākha – branch
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'state of being'
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix to form abstract nouns, indicating 'the state or condition of'

Note: Object of prayāti.