योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-1

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
चित्तं नास्तीति मे बोधो यथा युक्त्या स्फुटं भवेत् ।
तामन्यामथवा ब्रूहि बुद्धं न निपुणं मया ॥ १ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
cittaṃ nāstīti me bodho yathā yuktyā sphuṭaṃ bhavet ,
tāmanyāmathavā brūhi buddhaṃ na nipuṇaṃ mayā 1

1. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca cittam na
asti iti me bodhaḥ yathā yuktyā
sphuṭam bhavet tām anyām athavā
brūhi buddham na nipuṇam mayā

1. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca yathā yuktyā
cittam na asti iti me bodhaḥ
sphuṭam bhavet tām athavā anyām
brūhi mayā na nipuṇam buddham

1. Śikhidhvaja said: "Please explain with reasoning how my understanding that the mind (citta) does not exist can become clear. Or, tell me another way, as it has not been skillfully understood by me."

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech or quotation

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, to me, for me)

• बोधः (bodhaḥ) - understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by logic, by means of a method

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear, distinct, evident

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

• ताम् (tām) - that (referring to 'yukti' or 'explanation') (that (feminine accusative singular))

• अन्याम् (anyām) - another way/explanation (another, other (feminine accusative singular))

• अथवा (athavā) - or, or else

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, known, awakened

• न (na) - not, no

• निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - skillfully, expertly, cleverly

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name, lit. 'whose banner is a peacock/flame')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – peacock, flame, crest
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, symbol
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind, consciousness, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech or quotation

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

बोधः (bodhaḥ) - understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by reasoning, by logic, by means of a method

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reason, logic, argument, method, device

Root: yuj (class 7)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear, distinct, evident

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, evident, distinct, expanded, blossoming

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially here.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (referring to 'yukti' or 'explanation') (that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

अन्याम् (anyām) - another way/explanation (another, other (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अथवा (athavā) - or, or else

(indeclinable)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood, known, awakened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of buddha

buddha - understood, known, enlightened, awakened

Past Passive Participle

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Used as the subject of the implied verb 'was' in a passive construction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - skillfully, expertly, cleverly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nipuṇa

nipuṇa - skillful, clever, expert, able

Note: Used adverbially here, qualifying 'buddham'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)