योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-65

चित्ते क्षयिणि संक्षीणे देहो ह्यामूलितो भवेत् ।
वर्धमाने तरुरिव शतशाखः प्रवर्तते ॥ ६५ ॥

citte kṣayiṇi saṃkṣīṇe deho hyāmūlito bhavet ,
vardhamāne taruriva śataśākhaḥ pravartate 65

65. citte kṣayiṇi saṃkṣīṇe dehaḥ hi āmulitaḥ bhavet
vardhamāne taruḥ iva śataśākhaḥ pravartate

65. citte kṣayiṇi saṃkṣīṇe sati,
hi dehaḥ āmulitaḥ bhavet.
vardhamāne (citte) sati,
śataśākhaḥ taruḥ iva pravartate.

65. Indeed, when the mind (citta) is decaying and completely withered, the body would be utterly uprooted. But when it (the mind) expands, it develops like a hundred-branched tree.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, when the mind

• क्षयिणि (kṣayiṇi) - when decaying, perishing, wasting away

• संक्षीणे (saṁkṣīṇe) - when completely withered, destroyed, diminished

• देहः (dehaḥ) - the body, physical form

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

• आमुलितः (āmulitaḥ) - uprooted, destroyed to the root

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might become, should be

• वर्धमाने (vardhamāne) - when growing, increasing, expanding

• तरुः (taruḥ) - a tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शतशाखः (śataśākhaḥ) - hundred-branched, having many branches

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, develops, acts, turns forward

Words meanings and morphology

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, when the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, heart

Derived from root √cit (to perceive, to understand)

Root: √cit (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

क्षयिणि (kṣayiṇi) - when decaying, perishing, wasting away

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣayin

kṣayin - decaying, perishing, wasting away, perishable

Agent noun / Adjective from root

Derived from root √kṣi (to perish, to waste) with -in suffix

Root: √kṣi (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'citte'

संक्षीणे (saṁkṣīṇe) - when completely withered, destroyed, diminished

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkṣīṇa

saṁkṣīṇa - completely withered, wasted away, destroyed, diminished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṣi (to perish) with prefix sam (completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: √kṣi (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'citte'

देहः (dehaḥ) - the body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame, person

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

आमुलितः (āmulitaḥ) - uprooted, destroyed to the root

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āmulita

āmulita - uprooted, rooted up, utterly destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √mūl (to take root) with prefix ā (completely, up to) or from mūla (root) + ita

Prefix: ā

Root: √mūl (class 10)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might become, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

वर्धमाने (vardhamāne) - when growing, increasing, expanding

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vardhamāna

vardhamāna - growing, increasing, thriving, prosperous

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root √vṛdh (to grow, to increase)

Root: √vṛdh (class 1)

तरुः (taruḥ) - a tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree, plant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शतशाखः (śataśākhaḥ) - hundred-branched, having many branches

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śataśākha

śataśākha - hundred-branched, having many branches

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'śata' (hundred) and 'śākhā' (branch)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+śākhā)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, develops, acts, turns forward

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √vṛt

Root with prefix pra

Derived from root √vṛt (to turn, to proceed) with prefix pra (forth, forward)

Prefix: pra

Root: √vṛt (class 1)