योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-14

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
चेतसः किं मुने मूलं कोऽकुंरः कोऽस्य संभवः ।
काःशास्त्राःकेच वा स्कन्धाः कथमुन्मूल्यते च सः ॥ १४ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
cetasaḥ kiṃ mune mūlaṃ ko'kuṃraḥ ko'sya saṃbhavaḥ ,
kāḥśāstrāḥkeca vā skandhāḥ kathamunmūlyate ca saḥ 14

14. śikhidhvaja uvāca cetasaḥ kim
mune mūlam kaḥ aṅkuraḥ kaḥ asya
saṃbhavaḥ kāḥ śākhāḥ ke ca vā
skandhāḥ katham unmūlyate ca saḥ

14. mune cetasaḥ mūlam kim aṅkuraḥ kaḥ asya saṃbhavaḥ kaḥ
kāḥ śākhāḥ ke ca vā skandhāḥ saḥ ca katham unmūlyate

14. Śikhidhvaja said: "O sage, what is the root (mūla) of the mind (cetas)? What is its sprout, and what is its origin? What are its branches and its stems? And how can it be uprooted?"

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

• मुने (mune) - O sage!, O ascetic!

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, base

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, germ

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• अस्य (asya) - of this mind (of this, its)

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - origin, birth, production, possibility

• काः (kāḥ) - who?, what? (feminine plural)

• शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches, subdivisions

• के (ke) - who?, what? (masculine plural)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वा (vā) - or, either

• स्कन्धाः (skandhāḥ) - trunks, stems, main branches

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• उन्मूल्यते (unmūlyate) - is uprooted, is eradicated

• च (ca) - and, also

• सः (saḥ) - that (mind) (he, that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - one who has a banner (dhvaja) with a flame (śikhi) or a peacock (śikhin); name of a king

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – peacock; flame
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Irregular perfect form from root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of the mind, of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, how?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, whether

मुने (mune) - O sage!, O ascetic!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, saint, inspired one

Root: man (class 4)

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, base

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, source

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine singular nominative form of `kim`.

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, germ

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, bud, germ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine singular nominative form of `kim`.

अस्य (asya) - of this mind (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Genitive singular masculine/neuter form of `idam`.

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - origin, birth, production, possibility

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, production, cause, existence

From `sam-bhū` (to be born, to originate).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

काः (kāḥ) - who?, what? (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Feminine plural nominative form of `kim`.

शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches, subdivisions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough, division, department

Root: śākh (class 1)

के (ke) - who?, what? (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine plural nominative form of `kim`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

स्कन्धाः (skandhāḥ) - trunks, stems, main branches

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of skandha

skandha - trunk, stem, shoulder, main branch, chapter

Root: skandh

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

उन्मूल्यते (unmūlyate) - is uprooted, is eradicated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of unmūl

Present passive 3rd person singular.

From root `mūl` with prefix `ud-` (`un-` before `m`).

Prefix: ud

Root: mūl (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (mind) (he, that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine singular nominative form of `tad`.