महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-67

इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥६७॥

67. indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yanmano'nuvidhīyate ,
tadasya harati prajñāṁ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi.

67. indriyāṇām hi caratām yat manaḥ anuvidhīyate
tat asya harati prajñām vāyuḥ nāvam iva ambhasi

67. hi indriyāṇām caratām yat manaḥ anuvidhīyate,
tat asya prajñām harati,
vāyuḥ nāvam ambhasi iva

67. Indeed, the mind that yields to the wandering senses carries away the wisdom (prajñā) of a person, just as the wind carries away a boat on the water.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses, of the sense organs

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• चरताम् (caratām) - of the senses that are wandering (among objects) (of the wandering, of those moving)

• यत् (yat) - which (refers to the mind) (which, that (relative pronoun))

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• अनुविधीयते (anuvidhīyate) - follows, yields to, conforms to, is conformed to

• तत् (tat) - that (mind which follows the senses) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

• अस्य (asya) - of him, of this (person)

• हरति (harati) - carries away, takes away, steals

• प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, insight, intellect

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• नावम् (nāvam) - boat, ship

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses, of the sense organs

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

चरताम् (caratām) - of the senses that are wandering (among objects) (of the wandering, of those moving)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of carat

carat - moving, acting, wandering

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root 'car' (to move, wander, act)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with indriyāṇām, so neuter genitive plural.

यत् (yat) - which (refers to the mind) (which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, spirit

Root: man (class 4)

अनुविधीयते (anuvidhīyate) - follows, yields to, conforms to, is conformed to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvidhā

Root 'dhā' (to place, to set) with prefixes 'anu-' (after, following) and 'vi-' (apart, distinctively)

Prefixes: anu+vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that (mind which follows the senses) (that (demonstrative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अस्य (asya) - of him, of this (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

हरति (harati) - carries away, takes away, steals

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, insight, intellect

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, insight, intelligence, discernment

Derived from 'pra-jñā' (to know, to understand)

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, a deity (Vayu)

Root: vā (class 2)

नावम् (nāvam) - boat, ship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nāu

nāu - boat, ship

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water