योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-41

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
चित्तद्रुमस्य यद्बीजमहंभावश्च मे मलम् ।
तच्च त्यक्तुं न जानामि त्यक्तं त्यक्तमुपैति माम् ॥ ४१ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
cittadrumasya yadbījamahaṃbhāvaśca me malam ,
tacca tyaktuṃ na jānāmi tyaktaṃ tyaktamupaiti mām 41

41. śikhidhvaja uvāca cittadrumasya yat bījam ahaṃbhāvaḥ ca me
malam tat ca tyaktum na jānāmi tyaktaṃ tyaktam upaiti mām

41. śikhidhvaja uvāca.
cittadrumasya yat bījam ahaṃbhāvaḥ ca me malam.
tat ca tyaktum na jānāmi.
tyaktaṃ tyaktam mām upaiti.

41. Śikhidhvaja said: The ego (ahaṅkāra) is the seed of the mind-tree, and that is my impurity. I do not know how to abandon it; even when it is supposedly abandoned, it repeatedly comes back to me.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चित्तद्रुमस्य (cittadrumasya) - of the mind-tree

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, sense of 'I')

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, defilement

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to renounce

• न (na) - not

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I am able

• त्यक्तं (tyaktaṁ) - abandoned, renounced

• त्यक्तम् (tyaktam) - abandoned, renounced

• उपैति (upaiti) - returns, comes back, approaches

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king), one whose banner is a peacock/fire

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

चित्तद्रुमस्य (cittadrumasya) - of the mind-tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cittadruma

cittadruma - mind-tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+druma)

• citta – mind, thought
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what (relative pronoun)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - the ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, sense of 'I')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - egoism, self-conceit, the notion of 'I'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• bhāva – state of being, existence, feeling, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

मलम् (malam) - impurity, defilement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - impurity, defilement, dirt, sin

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'bījam' or 'malam'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to renounce

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -tum

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I am able

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्यक्तं (tyaktaṁ) - abandoned, renounced

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, renounced, left

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ta

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here

त्यक्तम् (tyaktam) - abandoned, renounced

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, renounced, left

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ta

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here; repetition for emphasis

उपैति (upaiti) - returns, comes back, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I