योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-2

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
हृदयाकाशविहगो हृदयद्रुममर्कटः ।
भूयोभूयो निरस्तं हि समभ्येत्येव मे मनः ॥ २ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
hṛdayākāśavihago hṛdayadrumamarkaṭaḥ ,
bhūyobhūyo nirastaṃ hi samabhyetyeva me manaḥ 2

2. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca hṛdayākāśavihagaḥ hṛdayadrumamarkaṭaḥ
bhūyaḥ bhūyaḥ nirastam hi samabhyeti eva me manaḥ

2. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca me manaḥ hṛdayākāśavihagaḥ
hṛdayadrumamarkaṭaḥ nirastam hi bhūyaḥ bhūyaḥ eva samabhyeti

2. Śikhidhvaja said: My mind (manas), which is like a bird in the sky of the heart and a monkey on the tree of the heart, indeed returns again and again, even after being repeatedly cast away.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - King Śikhidhvaja, the speaker (Śikhidhvaja (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हृदयाकाशविहगः (hṛdayākāśavihagaḥ) - The mind, compared to a bird in the vastness of the heart (bird in the sky of the heart)

• हृदयद्रुममर्कटः (hṛdayadrumamarkaṭaḥ) - The mind, compared to a restless monkey on the tree of the heart (monkey on the tree of the heart)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - Together with the preceding 'bhūyaḥ', meaning 'again and again' (again, repeatedly)

• निरस्तम् (nirastam) - The mind, having been cast away or rejected (rejected, thrown away, abandoned)

• हि (hi) - Emphasizes the certainty of the mind's return (indeed, surely, for)

• समभ्येति (samabhyeti) - The mind returns to its former state/presence (comes together, returns, approaches)

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes that it 'certainly' returns (only, indeed, certainly)

• मे (me) - my (mind) (my, to me)

• मनः (manaḥ) - The mental faculty (manas) of Śikhidhvaja (mind, intellect, heart)

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - King Śikhidhvaja, the speaker (Śikhidhvaja (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - a king's name

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

root 'vac', perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

हृदयाकाशविहगः (hṛdayākāśavihagaḥ) - The mind, compared to a bird in the vastness of the heart (bird in the sky of the heart)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛdayākāśavihaga

hṛdayākāśavihaga - bird of the heart-sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛdaya+ākāśa+vihaga)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• vihaga – bird, moving in the sky
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root gam with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam

हृदयद्रुममर्कटः (hṛdayadrumamarkaṭaḥ) - The mind, compared to a restless monkey on the tree of the heart (monkey on the tree of the heart)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛdayadrumamarkaṭa

hṛdayadrumamarkaṭa - monkey on the heart-tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛdaya+druma+markaṭa)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• markaṭa – monkey
  noun (masculine)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - Together with the preceding 'bhūyaḥ', meaning 'again and again' (again, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

निरस्तम् (nirastam) - The mind, having been cast away or rejected (rejected, thrown away, abandoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirasta

nirasta - rejected, cast off, thrown out, expelled

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'as' with prefix 'nir'

Prefix: nir

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'

हि (hi) - Emphasizes the certainty of the mind's return (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

समभ्येति (samabhyeti) - The mind returns to its former state/presence (comes together, returns, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of samabhyeti

present tense form

root 'i' with prefixes 'sam' and 'abhi', present, 3rd person singular

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: i (class 2)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes that it 'certainly' returns (only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (mind) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

first person pronoun (asmad)

मनः (manaḥ) - The mental faculty (manas) of Śikhidhvaja (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness, heart