योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-78, verse-4

श्रीराम उवाच ।
येन प्रस्पन्दते चित्तं येन न स्पन्दते तथा ।
तद्ब्रह्मन्ब्रूहि मे येन चिकित्सेयं तदेव हि ॥ ४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yena praspandate cittaṃ yena na spandate tathā ,
tadbrahmanbrūhi me yena cikitseyaṃ tadeva hi 4

4. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yena praspandate cittam yena na spandate
tathā tat brahman brūhi me yena cikitsīyam tat eva hi

4. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca: brahman,
yena cittam praspandate,
tathā yena na spandate,
tat me brūhi,
yena tat eva hi cikitsīyam

4. Shri Rama said: "O Brahmin (brahman), please explain to me that by which the mind (citta) vibrates, and also by which it does not vibrate, so that I may indeed remedy that very condition."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, with which

• प्रस्पन्दते (praspandate) - vibrates, throbs, moves forward

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind, consciousness, thought

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, with which

• न (na) - not, no

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - vibrates, moves, throbs

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Refers to the sage Vasistha (O Brahmin, O priest)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• येन (yena) - by which, so that

• चिकित्सीयम् (cikitsīyam) - I may cure, I may remedy

• तत् (tat) - refers to the condition or aspect of the mind (that, it)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, the glorious Rama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, sacred prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a proper name), pleasing, beautiful
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who, that which

प्रस्पन्दते (praspandate) - vibrates, throbs, moves forward

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of spand

Prefix: pra

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Prefix pra- adds intensity or direction 'forward'.

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

past passive participle

Derived from root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who, that which

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दते (spandate) - vibrates, moves, throbs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of spand

Root: spand (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Refers to the sage Vasistha (O Brahmin, O priest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, religious person

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Also can be genitive, but dative 'to me' fits the context.

येन (yena) - by which, so that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who, that which

Note: Used here with a final sense, 'in order that, so that'.

चिकित्सीयम् (cikitsīyam) - I may cure, I may remedy

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of cikits

desiderative optative ātmanepada

Derived from the desiderative stem 'cikitsā' (desire to cure) of root kit (to heal, cure).

Root: kit (class 1)

तत् (tat) - refers to the condition or aspect of the mind (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

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