योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-10

चेतश्चञ्चलया वृत्त्या चिन्तानिचयचञ्चुरम् ।
धृतिं बध्नाति नैकत्र पञ्जरे केसरी यथा ॥ १० ॥

cetaścañcalayā vṛttyā cintānicayacañcuram ,
dhṛtiṃ badhnāti naikatra pañjare kesarī yathā 10

10. cetaḥ cañcalayā vṛttyā cintānicayacañcuram
dhṛtim badhnāti na ekatra pañjare kesarī yathā

10. The mind (cetas), made restless by its nature and brimming with a multitude of worries, does not hold firm in one place, just like a lion in a cage.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• चञ्चलया (cañcalayā) - by/with a restless, fickle

• वृत्त्या (vṛttyā) - by/with a tendency, nature, mode of action

• चिन्तानिचयचञ्चुरम् (cintānicayacañcuram) - filled with a multitude of thoughts/worries

• धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, resolve, constancy

• बध्नाति (badhnāti) - holds (firm) (binds, fastens, holds, confines)

• न (na) - not, no

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place (steadily) (in one place, together)

• पञ्जरे (pañjare) - in a cage

• केसरी (kesarī) - a lion

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

from root √cit

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

चञ्चलया (cañcalayā) - by/with a restless, fickle

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cañcala

cañcala - moving, trembling, restless, fickle

from root √cañc

Root: cañc (class 1)

वृत्त्या (vṛttyā) - by/with a tendency, nature, mode of action

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - course of action, mode of being, tendency, function, livelihood

from root √vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

चिन्तानिचयचञ्चुरम् (cintānicayacañcuram) - filled with a multitude of thoughts/worries

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cintānicayacañcura

cintānicayacañcura - full of a collection of thoughts/worries

from cintānicaya (multitude of worries) + cañcura (full of, expert in)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+nicaya+cañcura)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety
  noun (feminine)
  from root √cit
  Root: cit (class 10)
• nicaya – collection, heap, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  from root √ci (with prefix ni)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)
• cañcura – full of, skilled in, expert
  adjective

Note: Adjective modifying 'cetaḥ'.

धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, resolve, constancy

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, resolve, fortitude, retention

from root √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'badhnāti'.

बध्नाति (badhnāti) - holds (firm) (binds, fastens, holds, confines)

(verb)

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

Root: bandh (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place (steadily) (in one place, together)

(indeclinable)

from eka (one) + -tra (locative suffix)

पञ्जरे (pañjare) - in a cage

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pañjara

pañjara - cage, prison, skeleton

केसरी (kesarī) - a lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kesarin

kesarin - lion, having a mane

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)