योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-61, verse-5

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कथमेकसमाधानं कीदृशं वा मुनीश्वर ।
वाताहतमयूराङ्गरुहलोलं मनो भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kathamekasamādhānaṃ kīdṛśaṃ vā munīśvara ,
vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalolaṃ mano bhavet 5

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca katham ekasamādhānam kīdṛśam vā
munīśvara vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalolam manas bhavet

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca he munīśvara vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalolam
manas katham ekasamādhānam vā kīdṛśam bhavet

5. Śrī Rāma said: O lord of sages (munīśvara), how can the mind (manas), which is as restless as a peacock's feathers struck by the wind, achieve singular concentration (eka-samādhāna)? And what exactly is the nature of such a state?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, Rāma endowed with glory

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• एकसमाधानम् (ekasamādhānam) - singularly concentrated, focused on one thing (eka-samādhāna)

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind?, of what nature?

• वा (vā) - or

• मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O lord of sages!, O greatest sage!

• वाताहतमयूराङ्गरुहलोलम् (vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalolam) - restless like a peacock's feathers struck by the wind

• मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, could be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, Rāma endowed with glory

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, Rāma endowed with glory

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, auspiciousness
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

एकसमाधानम् (ekasamādhānam) - singularly concentrated, focused on one thing (eka-samādhāna)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ekasamādhāna

ekasamādhāna - one whose concentration (samādhāna) is singular, singly focused

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+samādhāna)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• samādhāna – fixing of the mind, concentration (samādhāna), attention
  noun (neuter)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind?, of what nature?

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what nature, like what

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O lord of sages!, O greatest sage!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of munīśvara

munīśvara - lord of sages, greatest sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+īśvara)

• muni – sage, ascetic, hermit
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, controller
  noun (masculine)

वाताहतमयूराङ्गरुहलोलम् (vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalolam) - restless like a peacock's feathers struck by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalola

vātāhatamayūrāṅgaruhalola - restless, agitated like the feathers of a peacock struck by the wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāta+āhata+mayūra+aṅgaruha+lola)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• āhata – struck, hit, afflicted, wounded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from ā-√han with suffix -ta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)
• mayūra – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgaruha – feather, hair (literally, 'body-grown')
  noun (neuter)
• lola – trembling, restless, agitated, fickle
  adjective (masculine)

मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness (manas)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, could be, should be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)