योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-21

चिदान्तररसान्येव प्रवृत्तान्यपि धारय ।
स्वयत्नेनेन्द्रियाण्याशु हेमन्तर्तुस्तरूनिव ॥ २१ ॥

cidāntararasānyeva pravṛttānyapi dhāraya ,
svayatnenendriyāṇyāśu hemantartustarūniva 21

21. cidāntararasāni eva pravṛttāni api dhāraya |
svayatnena indriyāṇi āśu hemantartustarūn iva ||

21. svayatnena āśu,
pravṛttāni api indriyāṇi cidāntararasāni eva dhāraya.
hemantartustarūn iva [dhāraya].

21. By your own effort (svayatna), swiftly (āśu) regulate your senses (indriya) – even when they are active (pravṛtta) – so that their essential nature (rasa) is internal consciousness (cit), just like trees (taru) during the winter season (hemanta).

Words meanings summery:

• चिदान्तररसानि (cidāntararasāni) - whose true 'flavor' or vital principle is rooted in inner consciousness (having inner essence of consciousness, whose essence is internal consciousness)

• एव (eva) - solely, exclusively (indeed, only, certainly)

• प्रवृत्तानि (pravṛttāni) - though currently active or operating in the world (engaged, active, moving forward, manifested)

• अपि (api) - even if, despite being (even, also, though)

• धारय (dhāraya) - regulate or keep in a certain state (hold, maintain, sustain, regulate)

• स्वयत्नेन (svayatnena) - through self-discipline and conscious endeavor (by one's own effort)

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - your faculties of perception and action (senses, sense organs)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• हेमन्तर्तुस्तरून् (hemantartustarūn) - trees that appear barren and lifeless in winter but retain inner vitality (winter trees, trees in the winter season)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

चिदान्तररसानि (cidāntararasāni) - whose true 'flavor' or vital principle is rooted in inner consciousness (having inner essence of consciousness, whose essence is internal consciousness)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of cidāntararasa

cidāntararasa - possessing internal consciousness as essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+antararasa)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• antararasa – inner essence, internal sap
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'indriyāṇi', describing their desired state.

एव (eva) - solely, exclusively (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the exclusive nature of the inner essence.

प्रवृत्तानि (pravṛttāni) - though currently active or operating in the world (engaged, active, moving forward, manifested)

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'indriyāṇi'.

अपि (api) - even if, despite being (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here with an concessive sense.

धारय (dhāraya) - regulate or keep in a certain state (hold, maintain, sustain, regulate)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative stem from root dhṛ, conjugated in imperative

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

स्वयत्नेन (svayatnena) - through self-discipline and conscious endeavor (by one's own effort)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svayatna

svayatna - one's own effort, personal exertion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+yatna)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - your faculties of perception and action (senses, sense organs)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, vital power

Note: Object of the verb 'dhāraya'.

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

हेमन्तर्तुस्तरून् (hemantartustarūn) - trees that appear barren and lifeless in winter but retain inner vitality (winter trees, trees in the winter season)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hemantartustaru

hemantartustaru - tree of the winter season

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hemantartu+taru)

• hemantartu – the winter season
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree, plant
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṝ

Note: Comparison for 'indriyāṇi'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)