योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-20

शाखायाश्चित्तवृक्षस्य दीर्घा दूरगतास्तताः ।
इन्द्रियाण्यल्पभोगाश्च भावाभावात्मयोनयः ॥ २० ॥

śākhāyāścittavṛkṣasya dīrghā dūragatāstatāḥ ,
indriyāṇyalpabhogāśca bhāvābhāvātmayonayaḥ 20

20. śākhāyāḥ cittavṛkṣasya dīrghā dūragatāḥ tatāḥ
indriyāṇi alpabhogāḥ ca bhāvābhāvātmayonayaḥ

20. cittavṛkṣasya śākhāyāḥ dīrghā dūragatāḥ tatāḥ
indriyāṇi alpabhogāḥ ca bhāvābhāvātmayonayaḥ

20. The sense organs (indriyas) are the long, far-reaching, and widespread branches of the mind-tree (*citta-vṛkṣa*). They are characterized by limited enjoyments and have their origin in the very nature of existence and non-existence.

Words meanings summery:

• शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) - of the metaphorical branches (sense organs) (of the branch)

• चित्तवृक्षस्य (cittavṛkṣasya) - of the mind-tree

• दीर्घा (dīrghā) - long (referring to the branches of the mind-tree) (long)

• दूरगताः (dūragatāḥ) - extended far (like the branches of the mind-tree) (gone far, far-reaching)

• तताः (tatāḥ) - widespread (like the branches of the mind-tree) (stretched, spread out)

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the physical and subtle organs of perception and action (sense organs, faculties)

• अल्पभोगाः (alpabhogāḥ) - the sense organs which experience only transient or insufficient pleasures (having limited enjoyments, meager pleasures)

• च (ca) - and

• भावाभावात्मयोनयः (bhāvābhāvātmayonayaḥ) - arising from the fundamental interplay of being and non-being (whose origin is the nature of existence and non-existence)

Words meanings and morphology

शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) - of the metaphorical branches (sense organs) (of the branch)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, limb

चित्तवृक्षस्य (cittavṛkṣasya) - of the mind-tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cittavṛkṣa

cittavṛkṣa - mind-tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vṛkṣa)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from cit, to perceive, know
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

दीर्घा (dīrghā) - long (referring to the branches of the mind-tree) (long)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, extensive, protracted

Note: Grammatically singular in the source text, though semantically functioning as part of a plural description of branches.

दूरगताः (dūragatāḥ) - extended far (like the branches of the mind-tree) (gone far, far-reaching)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dūragata

dūragata - gone far, extended afar, remote

Past Passive Participle

from dūra + gam, to go

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dūra+gata)

• dūra – far, distant
  adjective (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from gam, to go
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes the branches (implied śākhāḥ), identified with indriyāṇi.

तताः (tatāḥ) - widespread (like the branches of the mind-tree) (stretched, spread out)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tata

tata - stretched, extended, spread, diffused

Past Passive Participle

from tan, to stretch

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Describes the branches (implied śākhāḥ), identified with indriyāṇi.

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the physical and subtle organs of perception and action (sense organs, faculties)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

from Indra, pertaining to Indra or the senses

Note: Subject of the sentence, identified metaphorically with the branches.

अल्पभोगाः (alpabhogāḥ) - the sense organs which experience only transient or insufficient pleasures (having limited enjoyments, meager pleasures)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alpabhoga

alpabhoga - having limited enjoyments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+bhoga)

• alpa – small, little, few, meager
  adjective (masculine)
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience, object of sense
  noun (masculine)
  from bhuj, to enjoy
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भावाभावात्मयोनयः (bhāvābhāvātmayonayaḥ) - arising from the fundamental interplay of being and non-being (whose origin is the nature of existence and non-existence)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāvātmayoni

bhāvābhāvātmayoni - whose origin is the nature of existence and non-existence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhāva+abhāva+ātman+yoni)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, nature
  noun (masculine)
  from bhū, to be
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  negation of bhāva
• ātman – self, soul, essence, true nature
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – origin, source, womb, place of birth
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yu (class 2)