योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-4

एषा हि पदमेकत्र न निबध्नाति दुर्भगा ।
दग्धेवानियताचारमितश्चेतश्च धावति ॥ ४ ॥

eṣā hi padamekatra na nibadhnāti durbhagā ,
dagdhevāniyatācāramitaścetaśca dhāvati 4

4. eṣā hi padam ekatra na nibadhnāti durbhagā
dagdhā iva aniyatācāram itaḥ cetaḥ ca dhāvati

4. Indeed, this unfortunate one (mind/worry) does not keep her foot (position) fixed in one place. Like one who is burned, she roams hither and thither with unrestrained conduct.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (mind or worry) (this one (feminine))

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• पदम् (padam) - place, position, foothold (foot, step, place, position, word)

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

• न (na) - not, no

• निबध्नाति (nibadhnāti) - binds, ties down, fixes, fastens

• दुर्भगा (durbhagā) - the unfortunate one (referring to the mind/worry) (unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched (feminine))

• दग्धा (dagdhā) - burned, scorched

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनियताचारम् (aniyatācāram) - with unrestrained conduct (adverbial) (unrestrained conduct, unregulated behavior)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - to there, thither

• च (ca) - and

• धावति (dhāvati) - runs, roams, hastens

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (mind or worry) (this one (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

पदम् (padam) - place, position, foothold (foot, step, place, position, word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, pace, place, position, word, line of verse

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निबध्नाति (nibadhnāti) - binds, ties down, fixes, fastens

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

दुर्भगा (durbhagā) - the unfortunate one (referring to the mind/worry) (unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durbhagā

durbhagā - unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched, unloved

दग्धा (dagdhā) - burned, scorched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burned, scorched, consumed by fire

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dah (to burn) with the suffix -kta.

Root: dah (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनियताचारम् (aniyatācāram) - with unrestrained conduct (adverbial) (unrestrained conduct, unregulated behavior)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aniyatācāra

aniyatācāra - unregulated conduct, undisciplined behavior

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+niyata+ācāra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• niyata – regulated, restrained, fixed, controlled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• ācāra – conduct, custom, behavior, practice
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to describe the manner of running.

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

(indeclinable)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - to there, thither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धावति (dhāvati) - runs, roams, hastens

(verb)

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

Root: dhāv (class 1)