योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-4

चित्तस्यादौ स्वरूपं मे यथावद्भगवन्वद ।
ततश्चित्तपरित्यागं यथावद्वद मे प्रभो ॥ ४ ॥

cittasyādau svarūpaṃ me yathāvadbhagavanvada ,
tataścittaparityāgaṃ yathāvadvada me prabho 4

4. cittasya ādau svarūpam me yathāvat bhagavan vada
tataḥ cittaparityāgam yathāvat vada me prabho

4. bhagavan ādau me cittasya svarūpam yathāvat vada
tataḥ prabho me cittaparityāgam yathāvat vada

4. O venerable one, first explain to me properly the true nature (svarūpa) of the mind (citta). Then, O Lord, instruct me properly on how to abandon the mind (citta).

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind, of the thought

• आदौ (ādau) - as the first topic to discuss (first, in the beginning)

• स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - the intrinsic nature (svarūpa) of the mind (own form, true nature, essential nature)

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - in a proper and accurate manner (properly, truly, exactly)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing the sage Kumhha (O Venerable One, O Fortunate One)

• वद (vada) - Please tell/explain to me (tell, speak, instruct)

• ततः (tataḥ) - after that, subsequently (then, thereafter, from that)

• चित्तपरित्यागम् (cittaparityāgam) - the practice of relinquishing the mind (citta) (abandonment of the mind)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - in a proper and accurate manner (properly, truly, exactly)

• वद (vada) - Please tell/explain to me (tell, speak, instruct)

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

• प्रभो (prabho) - Addressing the sage Kumhha as 'Lord' (O Lord, O Master)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind, of the thought

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intelligence, consciousness

आदौ (ādau) - as the first topic to discuss (first, in the beginning)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, start

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'firstly'

स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - the intrinsic nature (svarūpa) of the mind (own form, true nature, essential nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, true nature, essential character, identity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+rūpa)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

first person pronoun (asmad)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - in a proper and accurate manner (properly, truly, exactly)

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing the sage Kumhha (O Venerable One, O Fortunate One)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - lord, venerable, divine, fortunate

वद (vada) - Please tell/explain to me (tell, speak, instruct)

(verb)

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

imperative form

root 'vad', class 1, imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - after that, subsequently (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

चित्तपरित्यागम् (cittaparityāgam) - the practice of relinquishing the mind (citta) (abandonment of the mind)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cittaparityāga

cittaparityāga - abandonment of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+parityāga)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• parityāga – abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root 'tyaj' with prefix 'pari'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: tyaj

यथावत् (yathāvat) - in a proper and accurate manner (properly, truly, exactly)

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - Please tell/explain to me (tell, speak, instruct)

(verb)

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

imperative form

root 'vad', class 1, imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

first person pronoun (asmad)

प्रभो (prabho) - Addressing the sage Kumhha as 'Lord' (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, powerful