योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-9

चितः क्षीणविकल्पस्य किमुपादेयमस्ति मे ।
मनस्तदभिपातित्वाद्याति तद्रसतामलम् ॥ ९ ॥

citaḥ kṣīṇavikalpasya kimupādeyamasti me ,
manastadabhipātitvādyāti tadrasatāmalam 9

9. citaḥ kṣīṇavikalpasya kim upādeyam asti me
manaḥ tat-abhipātitvāt yāti tat-rasatām alam

9. kṣīṇavikalpasya citaḥ me kim upādeyam asti? manaḥ tat-abhipātitvāt tat-rasatām alam yāti.

9. For me, whose consciousness has shed its mental constructs (vikalpa), what is there to accept? The mind, by rushing towards that, completely attains its very essence.

Words meanings summery:

• चितः (citaḥ) - of the mind, of the consciousness

• क्षीणविकल्पस्य (kṣīṇavikalpasya) - whose mental constructs/doubts are diminished

• किम् (kim) - what?

• उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - to be accepted, desirable

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• तत्-अभिपातित्वात् (tat-abhipātitvāt) - due to its rushing towards that

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• तत्-रसताम् (tat-rasatām) - the state of being its essence/taste

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, enough

Words meanings and morphology

चितः (citaḥ) - of the mind, of the consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of citas

citas - mind, intellect, soul, consciousness

क्षीणविकल्पस्य (kṣīṇavikalpasya) - whose mental constructs/doubts are diminished

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣīṇavikalpa

kṣīṇavikalpa - one whose mental constructs or doubts are diminished/destroyed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṣīṇa+vikalpa)

• kṣīṇa – diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted
  participle
  Past Passive Particulation
  From root kṣi (to waste, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• vikalpa – doubt, mental construct, imagination, differentiation, alternative
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-kḷp (to imagine, arrange)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - to be accepted, desirable

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upādeya

upādeya - to be taken up, desirable, acceptable, fit to be appropriated

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from upa-ā-dā (to take up) + -ya (gerundive suffix)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, disposition

तत्-अभिपातित्वात् (tat-abhipātitvāt) - due to its rushing towards that

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tat-abhipātitva

tat-abhipātitva - the state or quality of rushing towards or falling upon that

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+abhipātitva)

• tad – that (demonstrative pronoun)
  pronoun
• abhipātitva – the state of rushing towards, falling upon
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from abhi-pat (to fall, rush) + -tva (abstract suffix)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: pat (class 1)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

तत्-रसताम् (tat-rasatām) - the state of being its essence/taste

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tat-rasatā

tat-rasatā - the state of being that essence or taste; the quality of being identical with that

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+rasatā)

• tad – that (demonstrative pronoun, in a genitive sense 'its')
  pronoun
• rasatā – the state of having a taste/essence, relish, flavor, quality
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from rasa (taste, essence) + -tā (abstract suffix)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, completely, enough

(indeclinable)