योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-41

चित्तवृत्तिलता यस्य तालोत्तालमनोवने ।
फलिता सुखदुःखाभ्यां मरणं तस्य राजते ॥ ४१ ॥

cittavṛttilatā yasya tālottālamanovane ,
phalitā sukhaduḥkhābhyāṃ maraṇaṃ tasya rājate 41

41. cittavṛttilatā yasya tālotthālamanovane
phalitā sukhaduḥkhābhyām maraṇam tasya rājate

41. yasya tālotthālamanovane cittavṛttilatā sukhaduḥkhābhyām phalitā,
tasya maraṇam rājate

41. For him whose creeper of mental modifications (cittavṛtti) has borne the fruits of pleasure and pain within the mind-forest, which is turbulent like tall palm trees, for such a one, death is glorious.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तवृत्तिलता (cittavṛttilatā) - creeper of mental modifications (cittavṛtti) (creeper of mental modifications/fluctuations)

• यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

• तालोत्थालमनोवने (tālotthālamanovane) - within the mind-forest, which is turbulent like tall palm trees (in the mind-forest agitated like tall palm trees)

• फलिता (phalitā) - has borne the fruits (fructified, borne fruit, ripened)

• सुखदुःखाभ्याम् (sukhaduḥkhābhyām) - with pleasure and pain (by/with pleasure and pain)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

• राजते (rājate) - is glorious (shines, is brilliant, is glorious, rules)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तवृत्तिलता (cittavṛttilatā) - creeper of mental modifications (cittavṛtti) (creeper of mental modifications/fluctuations)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittavṛttilatā

cittavṛttilatā - creeper of mental modifications

Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+vṛtti+latā)

• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vṛtti – modification, function, activity (of mind)
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

यस्य (yasya) - for whom (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

Note: Genitive singular of the relative pronoun 'yad'.

तालोत्थालमनोवने (tālotthālamanovane) - within the mind-forest, which is turbulent like tall palm trees (in the mind-forest agitated like tall palm trees)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tālotthālamanovana

tālotthālamanovana - mind-forest agitated like tall palm trees

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tāla+uttāla+manas+vana)

• tāla – palm tree
  noun (masculine)
• uttāla – high, lofty, agitated, restless
  adjective
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tal (class 10)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative singular of the compound noun.

फलिता (phalitā) - has borne the fruits (fructified, borne fruit, ripened)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of phalita

phalita - fructified, produced, ripened

Past Passive Participle

From root phal (to bear fruit)

Root: phal (class 1)

सुखदुःखाभ्याम् (sukhaduḥkhābhyām) - with pleasure and pain (by/with pleasure and pain)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering
  noun (neuter)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Genitive singular of 'tad' (masculine, referring to the person described by yasya).

राजते (rājate) - is glorious (shines, is brilliant, is glorious, rules)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rāj

Present tense, third person, singular, middle voice

Root: rāj (class 1)

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