योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-44

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
मुनेऽहमिति दोषस्य वेदनं वेद्मि कारणम् ।
तद्यथोपशमं याति तन्मे वद मुनीश्वर ॥ ४४ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
mune'hamiti doṣasya vedanaṃ vedmi kāraṇam ,
tadyathopaśamaṃ yāti tanme vada munīśvara 44

44. śikhidhvaja uvāca mune aham iti doṣasya vedanam vedmi
kāraṇam tat yathā upaśamam yāti tat me vada munīśvara

44. śikhidhvaja uvāca mune,
munīśvara aham iti doṣasya vedanam kāraṇam [iti] vedmi tat yathā upaśamam yāti,
tat me vada

44. Śikhidhvaja said: O sage, I comprehend that the awareness of the fault, namely the sense of ego (aham), is the fundamental cause (of suffering). Therefore, O lord of sages, please tell me how that (fault) may be brought to rest.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (a speaker in the text) (having a peacock as a banner (epithet of Kartikeya); name of a person)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

• अहम् (aham) - ego (aham) / the sense of 'I' (I, myself; ego)

• इति (iti) - (which is) the sense of (thus, in this manner, so saying, (marks direct speech or conclusion))

• दोषस्य (doṣasya) - of the fault (of fault, of defect, of vice)

• वेदनम् (vedanam) - the awareness/perception (knowledge, perception, understanding, feeling)

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I comprehend/know (I know, I understand, I perceive)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (of suffering/existence) (a cause, a reason, an instrument)

• तत् (tat) - that (fault, ego) (that, it)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, in what manner, how)

• उपशमम् (upaśamam) - to rest / to subsidence (quietude, tranquility, cessation, subsidence)

• याति (yāti) - may be brought (to) / goes (goes, proceeds, obtains, reaches)

• तत् (tat) - that (method/explanation) (that, it)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my (dative/genitive of 'I'))

• वद (vada) - tell (me) (tell, speak, say (imperative))

• मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O lord of sages (lord of sages, chief of ascetics)

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (a speaker in the text) (having a peacock as a banner (epithet of Kartikeya); name of a person)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - having a peacock as a banner; name of Kartikeya; name of a king

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhi+dhvaja)

• śikhi – peacock; flame
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, mark
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

From root vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, saint, inspired one

अहम् (aham) - ego (aham) / the sense of 'I' (I, myself; ego)

(noun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself; the principle of ego, egoism

First person singular pronoun, nominative case.

Note: The term is used to represent the concept of ego.

इति (iti) - (which is) the sense of (thus, in this manner, so saying, (marks direct speech or conclusion))

(indeclinable)

दोषस्य (doṣasya) - of the fault (of fault, of defect, of vice)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, error, evil

From root duṣ (to spoil, be corrupt).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

वेदनम् (vedanam) - the awareness/perception (knowledge, perception, understanding, feeling)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vedana

vedana - knowing, perceiving, understanding, feeling, sensation

action noun

From root vid (to know/perceive) with suffix -ana

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Object of vedmi.

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I comprehend/know (I know, I understand, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

present active indicative

From root vid (class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (of suffering/existence) (a cause, a reason, an instrument)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

From root kṛ with suffix -ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (fault, ego) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of yāti.

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, in what manner, how)

(indeclinable)

उपशमम् (upaśamam) - to rest / to subsidence (quietude, tranquility, cessation, subsidence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upaśama

upaśama - cessation, calming, pacification, tranquillity, quietude

From root śam with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

याति (yāti) - may be brought (to) / goes (goes, proceeds, obtains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present active indicative

From root yā (class 2)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the subsidence of the doṣa.

तत् (tat) - that (method/explanation) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of vada.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my (dative/genitive of 'I'))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Dative/Genitive singular of aham

वद (vada) - tell (me) (tell, speak, say (imperative))

(verb)

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

imperative active

From root vad (class 1)

Root: vad (class 1)

मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O lord of sages (lord of sages, chief of ascetics)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni-īśvara

muni-īśvara - lord of sages, chief of ascetics

Compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (muni+īśvara)

• muni – sage, ascetic, saint
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, controller
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)