योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-10

शरीरयन्त्रवाहस्य दृत्पद्मभ्रमरस्य च ।
अयत्नाच्चेतसस्त्यागो यथा भवति तद्वद ॥ १० ॥

śarīrayantravāhasya dṛtpadmabhramarasya ca ,
ayatnāccetasastyāgo yathā bhavati tadvada 10

10. śarīrayantravāhasya dṛtpadmabhramarasya ca
ayatnāt cetasaḥ tyāgaḥ yathā bhavati tat vada

10. tat vada yathā śarīrayantravāhasya ca
dṛtpadmabhramarasya cetasaḥ ayatnāt tyāgaḥ bhavati

10. Please explain how the mind (cetas), which acts as the driver of the body-machine and a bee on the lotus of the heart, can be abandoned effortlessly.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरयन्त्रवाहस्य (śarīrayantravāhasya) - of the driver of the body-machine

• दृत्पद्मभ्रमरस्य (dṛtpadmabhramarasya) - of the bee on the lotus of the heart

• च (ca) - and

• अयत्नात् (ayatnāt) - effortlessly, without effort

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of the mind, of consciousness

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment, relinquishment

• यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner

• भवति (bhavati) - it happens, it is, it becomes

• तत् (tat) - that, that thing

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरयन्त्रवाहस्य (śarīrayantravāhasya) - of the driver of the body-machine

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarīrayantravāha

śarīrayantravāha - driver of the body-machine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+yantra+vāha)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• yantra – machine, instrument
  noun (neuter)
• vāha – driver, carrier, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  From root vah (to carry, convey).
  Root: vah (class 1)

दृत्पद्मभ्रमरस्य (dṛtpadmabhramarasya) - of the bee on the lotus of the heart

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dṛtpadmabhramara

dṛtpadmabhramara - bee on the heart-lotus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛt+padma+bhramara)

• dṛt – heart, inner core
  noun (neuter)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• bhramara – bee
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अयत्नात् (ayatnāt) - effortlessly, without effort

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ayatna

ayatna - absence of effort, ease

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+yatna)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• yatna – effort, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of the mind, of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - abandonment, relinquishment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, giving up, sacrifice

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon, forsake).

Root: tyaj (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - it happens, it is, it becomes

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that thing

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here as the object of 'vada'.

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)