योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-56

चित्तत्वमथ संत्यज्य चित्तं चित्तत्त्वतां गतम् ।
अन्यदेव बभूवाशु पङ्कः कुम्भस्थितो यथा ॥ ५६ ॥

cittatvamatha saṃtyajya cittaṃ cittattvatāṃ gatam ,
anyadeva babhūvāśu paṅkaḥ kumbhasthito yathā 56

56. citta-tvam atha saṃtyajya cittam cit-tattvatām gatam
anyat eva babhūva āśu paṅkaḥ kumbha-sthitaḥ yathā

56. atha,
cittam,
cittatvam saṃtyajya,
cit-tattvatām gatam,
āśu anyat eva babhūva,
yathā kumbha-sthitaḥ paṅkaḥ (babhūva).

56. Then, having completely relinquished its mind-nature (cittatva), the mind (citta) itself, having attained the essential reality of consciousness (cit-tattva), quickly transformed into something entirely different, just as mud placed within a pot (kumbha) becomes a distinct, formed entity.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्त-त्वम् (citta-tvam) - its mind-nature (cittatva) (the state of being mind, mind-ness)

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, moreover, therefore)

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely relinquished (having abandoned, having given up completely)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, intellect)

• चित्-तत्त्वताम् (cit-tattvatām) - the essential reality of consciousness (cit-tattva) (the state of being the reality of consciousness, essence of consciousness)

• गतम् (gatam) - having attained (implies 'having gone to') (gone, reached, attained)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - something entirely different (other, different, another)

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

• बभूव (babhūva) - transformed, became (became, happened, was)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ) - mud (mud, mire, dirt)

• कुम्भ-स्थितः (kumbha-sthitaḥ) - placed within a pot (kumbha) (situated in a pot)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्त-त्वम् (citta-tvam) - its mind-nature (cittatva) (the state of being mind, mind-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta-tva

citta-tva - the state of being mind, mind-ness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+tva)

• citta – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle from `cit` (to perceive, think)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, moreover, therefore)

(indeclinable)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having completely relinquished (having abandoned, having given up completely)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive (gerund) from root `tyaj` with prefix `sam`

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from `cit` (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

चित्-तत्त्वताम् (cit-tattvatām) - the essential reality of consciousness (cit-tattva) (the state of being the reality of consciousness, essence of consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cit-tattva-tā

cit-tattva-tā - the state of being the reality of consciousness, essence of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit-tattva+tā)

• cit-tattva – reality of consciousness, essence of consciousness
  compound (neuter)
• tā – state of being, -ness
  suffix (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

गतम् (gatam) - having attained (implies 'having gone to') (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root `gam`

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: qualifies `cittam`

अन्यत् (anyat) - something entirely different (other, different, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

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

(indeclinable)

बभूव (babhūva) - transformed, became (became, happened, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect tense

perfect tense 3rd person singular from root `bhū`

Root: bhū (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ) - mud (mud, mire, dirt)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṅka

paṅka - mud, mire, dirt

कुम्भ-स्थितः (kumbha-sthitaḥ) - placed within a pot (kumbha) (situated in a pot)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha-sthita

kumbha-sthita - situated in a pot

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (kumbha+sthita)

• kumbha – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
• sthita – situated, standing, remaining
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle from root `sthā`
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: qualifies `paṅkaḥ`

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)