योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-3

जानामि चैतदादातुं मत्स्यं जाल इवाकुलम् ।
त्यागमस्य न जानामि चित्तं द्रव्य इवोत्तम ॥ ३ ॥

jānāmi caitadādātuṃ matsyaṃ jāla ivākulam ,
tyāgamasya na jānāmi cittaṃ dravya ivottama 3

3. jānāmi ca etat ādātum matsyām jāle iva ākulam
tyāgam asya na jānāmi cittam dravyam iva uttama

3. ca etat matsyām jāle iva ākulam ādātum jānāmi
asya cittam dravyam iva tyāgam na jānāmi uttama

3. And I know how to seize this (mind), which is restless like a fish caught in a net. However, O best one, I do not know how to abandon this mind (citta), just as one does not know how to give up wealth (dravya).

Words meanings summery:

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - refers to 'this mind' (implied) (this)

• आदातुम् (ādātum) - to grasp or control the mind (to take, to grasp, to seize)

• मत्स्यम् (matsyam) - like a fish (restless) (fish)

• जाले (jāle) - in a net, in a snare

• इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

• आकुलम् (ākulam) - restless (like a fish in a net) (agitated, restless, bewildered)

• त्यागम् (tyāgam) - the act of giving up the mind (abandonment, relinquishment, sacrifice)

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

• न (na) - not, no

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth or property (difficult to give up) (wealth, property, substance, thing)

• इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

• उत्तम (uttama) - O best one! (addressing Kumhha) (best, excellent, highest)

Words meanings and morphology

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of jñā

present tense form

root 'jñā', class 9, present, 1st person singular

Root: jñā (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - refers to 'this mind' (implied) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

आदातुम् (ādātum) - to grasp or control the mind (to take, to grasp, to seize)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive (tumun) form of root 'dā' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

मत्स्यम् (matsyam) - like a fish (restless) (fish)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: Adverbial usage, describing 'etat' (this, the mind)

जाले (jāle) - in a net, in a snare

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, web

इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आकुलम् (ākulam) - restless (like a fish in a net) (agitated, restless, bewildered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, disturbed, confused, restless

Note: Agrees with 'etat' (this, the mind)

त्यागम् (tyāgam) - the act of giving up the mind (abandonment, relinquishment, sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrifice

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of jñā

present tense form

root 'jñā', class 9, present, 1st person singular

Root: jñā (class 9)

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intelligence, consciousness

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth or property (difficult to give up) (wealth, property, substance, thing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - wealth, property, substance, material, thing

इव (iva) - indicates comparison (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

उत्तम (uttama) - O best one! (addressing Kumhha) (best, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest, principal