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

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ज्ञातमेतन्मया ब्रह्मन्यथास्मिन्भुवनत्रये ।
मन एव हि संसारिजरामरणभाजनम् ॥ १२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
jñātametanmayā brahmanyathāsminbhuvanatraye ,
mana eva hi saṃsārijarāmaraṇabhājanam 12

12. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca jñātam etat mayā brahman yathā asmin
bhuvanatraye manaḥ eva hi saṃsārijārāmaraṇabhājanam

12. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman mayā etat jñātam yathā asmin
bhuvanatraye manaḥ eva hi saṃsārijārāmaraṇabhājanam

12. Shri Rama said: 'O Brahman, I have understood this, that in these three worlds, the mind (manas) alone is indeed the vessel for the continuous cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra), old age, and death.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - known, understood

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, that

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• भुवनत्रये (bhuvanatraye) - in the three worlds

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• संसारिजारामरणभाजनम् (saṁsārijārāmaraṇabhājanam) - vessel/recipient of transmigratory old age and death

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Shri Rama (proper name)

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered
  adjective/noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense (lit)

Perfect active, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, a Brahmin priest

Root: bṛh (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, that

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

भुवनत्रये (bhuvanatraye) - in the three worlds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhuvanatraya

bhuvanatraya - the three worlds (earth, atmosphere, heaven or hell, earth, heaven)

Compound type : dvigu (bhuvana+traya)

• bhuvana – world, universe, being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• traya – a triad, a group of three
  noun (neuter)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Root: man (class 4)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

संसारिजारामरणभाजनम् (saṁsārijārāmaraṇabhājanam) - vessel/recipient of transmigratory old age and death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsārijārāmaraṇabhājana

saṁsārijārāmaraṇabhājana - vessel for the cycle of transmigration, old age, and death

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāri+jarā+maraṇa+bhājana)

• saṃsāri – related to transmigration, cyclic existence
  adjective
  Derived from saṃsāra
• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• bhājana – vessel, recipient, object
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)