योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
मनसैव मनश्छित्त्वा यद्यात्मा नावलोक्यते ।
ममेत्यहमिति त्यक्त्वा तत्तामरसलोचन ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
manasaiva manaśchittvā yadyātmā nāvalokyate ,
mametyahamiti tyaktvā tattāmarasalocana 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca manasā eva manaḥ chittvā yadi ātmā na
avalokyate mama iti aham iti tyaktvā tat tāmarasacocana

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca tāmarasacocana yadi manasā eva manaḥ
chittvā ātmā na avalokyate mama iti aham iti tyaktvā tat

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O lotus-eyed one, if the Self (ātman) is not perceived even after subduing the mind (manas) with the mind itself, then abandon the notions of "mine" and "I". This is the path.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

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

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having subdued, having severed

• यदि (yadi) - if

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman)

• न (na) - not

• अवलोक्यते (avalokyate) - is perceived, is seen

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, that (marks quotation)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, that (marks quotation)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• तत् (tat) - This (is the path/instruction) (that)

• तामरसचोचन (tāmarasacocana) - O Rāma, whose eyes are like lotuses (O lotus-eyed one)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (a well-known Vedic sage)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, sacred
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root vac, 3rd person singular, Perfect Tense, Active Voice (irregular formation)

Root: vac (class 2)

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, thought

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

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, thought

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having subdued, having severed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root chid, suffix ktvā

Root: chid (class 7)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवलोक्यते (avalokyate) - is perceived, is seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of avalok

Present Middle Passive

root lok with upasarga ava, 3rd person singular, Present Tense, Middle Voice, Passive Mood

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 10)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, that (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, that (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root tyaj, suffix ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - This (is the path/instruction) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तामरसचोचन (tāmarasacocana) - O Rāma, whose eyes are like lotuses (O lotus-eyed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāmarasacocana

tāmarasacocana - lotus-eyed (an epithet for Viṣṇu or Rāma)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāmarasa+locana)

• tāmarasa – lotus (red lotus)
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

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