योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-2

इतश्चेतश्च सुव्यग्रं व्यर्थमेवाभिधावति ।
दूराद्दूरतरं दीनं ग्रामे कौलेयको यथा ॥ २ ॥

itaścetaśca suvyagraṃ vyarthamevābhidhāvati ,
dūrāddūrataraṃ dīnaṃ grāme kauleyako yathā 2

2. itaḥ ca itaḥ ca suvyagram vyartham eva abhidhāvati |
dūrāt dūrataram dīnam grāme kauleyakaḥ yathā || 2 ||

2. Exceedingly agitated, it (the mind) rushes aimlessly hither and thither, just like a wretched village dog that strays ever farther from home.

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - hither (indicating direction) (from here, hither, on this side)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इतः (itaḥ) - thither (indicating direction) (from here, hither, on this side)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुव्यग्रम् (suvyagram) - exceedingly agitated (very agitated, extremely anxious, highly distracted)

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - aimlessly (uselessly, vainly, fruitlessly, aimlessly)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)

• अभिधावति (abhidhāvati) - rushes (rushes, runs towards, moves quickly)

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from its starting point, from a distance (from afar, from a distance)

• दूरतरम् (dūrataram) - ever farther (to farther, more distant)

• दीनम् (dīnam) - wretched (miserable, wretched, distressed, poor)

• ग्रामे (grāme) - in a village (in a village, in the village)

• कौलेयकः (kauleyakaḥ) - village dog (village dog, domestic dog)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - hither (indicating direction) (from here, hither, on this side)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

इतः (itaḥ) - thither (indicating direction) (from here, hither, on this side)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

सुव्यग्रम् (suvyagram) - exceedingly agitated (very agitated, extremely anxious, highly distracted)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of suvyagra

suvyagra - very agitated, extremely anxious, highly distracted

from su-vi-agra

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+vyagra)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  prefix for intensification
• vyagra – agitated, distracted, engrossed, eager
  adjective
  from vi-agra (having the front/head turned away)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: aj (class 1)

Note: Adverbial or qualifies implied `cetas`.

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - aimlessly (uselessly, vainly, fruitlessly, aimlessly)

(indeclinable)

from vi-artha (devoid of purpose)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vi+artha)

• vi – apart, astray, away
  indeclinable
  prefix
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

अभिधावति (abhidhāvati) - rushes (rushes, runs towards, moves quickly)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from its starting point, from a distance (from afar, from a distance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant, remote (as a noun: distance)

दूरतरम् (dūrataram) - ever farther (to farther, more distant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dūratara

dūratara - farther, more distant (comparative degree of dūra)

comparative suffix taraP

दीनम् (dīnam) - wretched (miserable, wretched, distressed, poor)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dīna

dīna - miserable, wretched, distressed, sad, poor

Past Passive Participle

from root dai (to pine, suffer)

Root: dai (class 1)

ग्रामे (grāme) - in a village (in a village, in the village)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village, community, multitude

कौलेयकः (kauleyakaḥ) - village dog (village dog, domestic dog)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauleyaka

kauleyaka - village dog, domestic dog

from kula (family, lineage, related to house)

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

adverb of comparison