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).

21. החזק את חושיך, אף כשהם פועלים, כשהם מונעים אך ורק על ידי החיוניות הפנימית של החשיבה הטהורה, כשם שעונת החורף מייבשת ומחזיקה את העצים.

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)

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