योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-37

शरीरालयमुत्सृज्य यत्र चित्तविहंगमः ।
स्ववासनावशाद्याति तत्रैवात्मानुभूयते ॥ ३७ ॥

śarīrālayamutsṛjya yatra cittavihaṃgamaḥ ,
svavāsanāvaśādyāti tatraivātmānubhūyate 37

37. śarīrālayam utsṛjya yatra cittavihaṅgamaḥ
svavāsanāvaśāt yāti tatra eva ātmā anubhūyate

37. yatra cittavihaṅgamaḥ śarīrālayam utsṛjya svavāsanāvaśāt yāti,
tatra eva ātmā anubhūyate.

37. When the bird-like mind (cittavihaṅgama) goes wherever it is led by the power of its own latent impressions (vāsanā), having abandoned the body-dwelling, there indeed the Self (ātman) is experienced.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरालयम् (śarīrālayam) - body-dwelling, the body as a house

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• चित्तविहङ्गमः (cittavihaṅgamaḥ) - mind-bird, the mind as a bird

• स्ववासनावशात् (svavāsanāvaśāt) - by the power of its own latent impressions

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, the ātman

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is felt, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरालयम् (śarīrālayam) - body-dwelling, the body as a house

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śarīrālaya

śarīrālaya - body-dwelling, the body as an abode

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+ālaya)

• śarīra – body, frame, physical form
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• ālaya – house, dwelling, abode, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root lī (to cling to, to dissolve) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Indeclinable past participle, formed with ut + sṛj + ya suffix.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Acts as a verbal adverb.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Derived from relative pronoun yat (which) + tral suffix.

चित्तविहङ्गमः (cittavihaṅgamaḥ) - mind-bird, the mind as a bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittavihaṅgama

cittavihaṅgama - mind-bird (metaphor for the restless mind)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+vihaṅgama)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root cit (to perceive, think).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vihaṅgama – bird (literally 'going in the sky')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from vi + kha (sky) + gam (to go).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)

स्ववासनावशात् (svavāsanāvaśāt) - by the power of its own latent impressions

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svavāsanāvaśa

svavāsanāvaśa - under the sway of one's own latent impressions

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vāsanā+vaśa)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• vāsanā – latent impression, mental tendency, desire, perfume
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vas (to dwell, to smell).
  Root: vas (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, will, sway
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: Ablative case indicates cause or instrument.

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Active

Present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

Root: yā (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun tad (that) + tral suffix.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, the ātman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

Root: an (class 2)

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is felt, is perceived

(verb)

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

Present Passive

Present tense, passive voice, 3rd person singular. Formed with anu + bhū.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)