योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-55

चित्ते शान्ते शाम्यतीयं संसारमृगतृष्णिका ।
जरामुपगते मेघे मिहिका तन्मयी यथा ॥ ५५ ॥

citte śānte śāmyatīyaṃ saṃsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā ,
jarāmupagate meghe mihikā tanmayī yathā 55

55. citte śānte śāmyati iyam saṃsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā
jarām upagate meghe mihikā tanmayī yathā

55. citte śānte iyam saṃsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā śāmyati yathā
meghe jarām upagate tanmayī mihikā (śāmyati)

55. When the mind (citta) is tranquil, this mirage of worldly existence (saṃsāra-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) subsides, just as (yathā) mist (mihikā), being one with the cloud (tanmayī), disappears when the cloud (megha) reaches its end (jarām upagate).

Words meanings summery:

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind (citta) (in the mind, when the mind)

• शान्ते (śānte) - tranquil (tranquil, pacified, calm)

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides (ceases, subsides, is pacified)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this, she)

• संसारमृगतृष्णिका (saṁsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā) - the mirage of worldly existence (saṃsāra-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) (the mirage of worldly existence, the mirage of transmigration)

• जराम् (jarām) - old age (jarā) (old age, decay, decrepitude)

• उपगते (upagate) - having reached (its end) (having reached, having approached, having attained)

• मेघे (meghe) - when the cloud (megha) (in the cloud, when the cloud)

• मिहिका (mihikā) - mist (mist, fog, dew)

• तन्मयी (tanmayī) - being one with the cloud (consisting of that, made of that, identical with that)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind (citta) (in the mind, when the mind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

शान्ते (śānte) - tranquil (tranquil, pacified, calm)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - pacified, tranquil, calm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'śam' with the suffix 'kta'.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'citte' in a locative absolute construction.

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides (ceases, subsides, is pacified)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

इयम् (iyam) - this (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, modifying 'saṃsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā'.

संसारमृगतृष्णिका (saṁsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā) - the mirage of worldly existence (saṃsāra-mṛgatṛṣṇikā) (the mirage of worldly existence, the mirage of transmigration)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā

saṁsāramṛgatṛṣṇikā - the mirage of worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+mṛgatṛṣṇikā)

• saṃsāra – worldly existence, transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
• mṛgatṛṣṇikā – mirage
  noun (feminine)

जराम् (jarām) - old age (jarā) (old age, decay, decrepitude)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decay

Note: Object of 'upagate' (having reached).

उपगते (upagate) - having reached (its end) (having reached, having approached, having attained)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of upagata

upagata - approached, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'meghe' in a locative absolute construction.

मेघे (meghe) - when the cloud (megha) (in the cloud, when the cloud)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

मिहिका (mihikā) - mist (mist, fog, dew)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mihikā

mihikā - mist, fog

तन्मयी (tanmayī) - being one with the cloud (consisting of that, made of that, identical with that)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanmaya

tanmaya - consisting of that, inherent in that, identical with that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+maya)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of (suffix)
  suffix (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'mihikā'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)