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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-11

इन्द्रियाणि मनो युङ्क्ते वश्यान्यन्तेव वाजिनः ।
मनश्चापि सदा युङ्क्ते भूतात्मा हृदयाश्रितः ॥११॥
11. indriyāṇi mano yuṅkte vaśyānyanteva vājinaḥ ,
manaścāpi sadā yuṅkte bhūtātmā hṛdayāśritaḥ.
11. indriyāṇi manaḥ yuṅkte vaśyāni antā iva vājinaḥ
manaḥ ca api sadā yuṅkte bhūtātmā hṛdayāśritaḥ
11. manaḥ indriyāṇi yuṅkte vaśyāni vājinaḥ antā iva
ca api bhūtātmā hṛdayāśritaḥ sadā manaḥ yuṅkte
11. The mind yokes the senses, just as a charioteer yokes well-controlled horses. And indeed, the individual self (bhūtātmā), abiding in the heart, always yokes the mind.

Words meanings summery:

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  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the sense organs (senses, sense organs)
  • मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)
  • युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - yokes, controls (yokes, joins, applies)
  • वश्यानि (vaśyāni) - well-controlled (controllable, obedient, tame)
  • अन्ता (antā) - charioteer (charioteer, end)
  • इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
  • वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses (horses, spirited, swift)
  • मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अपि (api) - indeed / also (also, even, indeed)
  • सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)
  • युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - yokes, controls (yokes, joins, applies)
  • भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - the individual self (bhūtātmā) (the self of beings, individual soul)
  • हृदयाश्रितः (hṛdayāśritaḥ) - abiding in the heart (residing in the heart, heart-abiding)

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the sense organs (senses, sense organs)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty of sense
Derived from Indra or indra
मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Subject of the verb yuṅkte.
युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - yokes, controls (yokes, joins, applies)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present middle (laṭ) of yuj
present middle
Root yuj, 7th class, present tense, ātmanepada
Root: yuj (class 7)
Note: Controls, engages.
वश्यानि (vaśyāni) - well-controlled (controllable, obedient, tame)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vaśya
vaśya - controllable, obedient, subservient, tame
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
From root vaś (to wish, control) with -ya suffix
Root: vaś (class 1)
Note: Modifies vājinaḥ.
अन्ता (antā) - charioteer (charioteer, end)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of antṛ
antṛ - charioteer, driver, controller
Note: Subject of the implied action in the simile.
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
Note: Particle indicating comparison.
वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses (horses, spirited, swift)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vājin
vājin - horse, swift, spirited, strong
Note: Object of implied yuṅkte (yoked by the charioteer).
मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Object of the second yuṅkte.
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - indeed / also (also, even, indeed)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverb of time.
युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - yokes, controls (yokes, joins, applies)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present middle (laṭ) of yuj
present middle
Root yuj, 7th class, present tense, ātmanepada
Root: yuj (class 7)
Note: Controls, engages.
भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - the individual self (bhūtātmā) (the self of beings, individual soul)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtātman
bhūtātman - the soul of beings, the individual soul, the embodied spirit
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ātman)
  • bhūta – being, creature, element, past
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root bhū (to be)
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
    noun (masculine)
Note: Subject of the second yuṅkte.
हृदयाश्रितः (hṛdayāśritaḥ) - abiding in the heart (residing in the heart, heart-abiding)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛdayāśrita
hṛdayāśrita - residing in the heart, dependent on the heart
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛdaya+āśrita)
  • hṛdaya – heart, mind, core
    noun (neuter)
  • āśrita – residing, dependent on, resorting to
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root śri (to lean on, resort to) with prefix ā-
    Prefix: ā
    Root: śri (class 1)
Note: Adjective modifying bhūtātmā.