योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-5

नयत्यभ्याशतां दूरं दूरमभ्याशतां नयेत् ।
मनो वल्गति भूतेषु बालो बालखगेष्विव ॥ ५ ॥

nayatyabhyāśatāṃ dūraṃ dūramabhyāśatāṃ nayet ,
mano valgati bhūteṣu bālo bālakhageṣviva 5

5. nayati abhyāśatām dūram dūram abhyāśatām nayet
| manaḥ valgati bhūteṣu bālaḥ bālakhageṣu iva ||

5. manaḥ abhyāśatām dūram nayati,
ca dūram abhyāśatām nayet.
bālaḥ bālakhageṣu iva,
(manaḥ) bhūteṣu valgati.

5. The mind (manas) brings nearness far [away] and can bring distance near. It wanders restlessly among beings (bhūta), just like a child (bāla) among young birds.

Words meanings summery:

• नयति (nayati) - brings, causes to go (leads, carries, brings)

• अभ्याशताम् (abhyāśatām) - a state of nearness, proximity (nearness, proximity)

• दूरम् (dūram) - to a distant state, far away (far, distant, distance)

• दूरम् (dūram) - the distant (thing/state) (far, distant, distance)

• अभ्याशताम् (abhyāśatām) - to a state of nearness, close (nearness, proximity)

• नयेत् (nayet) - can lead, may lead (should lead, may lead, would lead)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought)

• वल्गति (valgati) - wanders restlessly, jumps about (jumps, leaps, wanders, dances, prances)

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among beings/objects (among beings, among elements, among creatures, among objects)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (bāla) (a child, a boy, young)

• बालखगेषु (bālakhageṣu) - among young birds (among young birds, among immature birds)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

नयति (nayati) - brings, causes to go (leads, carries, brings)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Class 1, nayati

Root: nī (class 1)

अभ्याशताम् (abhyāśatām) - a state of nearness, proximity (nearness, proximity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāśatā

abhyāśatā - nearness, proximity

From 'abhyāśa' (near) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix)

दूरम् (dūram) - to a distant state, far away (far, distant, distance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant, remote; distance (noun)

Accusative singular, used as a noun indicating a state or destination.

दूरम् (dūram) - the distant (thing/state) (far, distant, distance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant, remote; distance (noun)

Accusative singular, used as direct object.

अभ्याशताम् (abhyāśatām) - to a state of nearness, close (nearness, proximity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyāśatā

abhyāśatā - nearness, proximity

From 'abhyāśa' (near) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix)

नयेत् (nayet) - can lead, may lead (should lead, may lead, would lead)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nī

Optative active

Class 1, nayet

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'manaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

Root: man (class 4)

वल्गति (valgati) - wanders restlessly, jumps about (jumps, leaps, wanders, dances, prances)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Class 1, valgati

Root: valg (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'manaḥ'.

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among beings/objects (among beings, among elements, among creatures, among objects)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing thing, object

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Location where the mind wanders.

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (bāla) (a child, a boy, young)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - a child, boy, young, immature

बालखगेषु (bālakhageṣu) - among young birds (among young birds, among immature birds)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bālakhaga

bālakhaga - young bird, immature bird

Compound of 'bāla' (young) and 'khaga' (bird).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (bāla+khaga)

• bāla – young, child, immature
  adjective (masculine)
• khaga – bird (lit. 'sky-goer')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'kha' (sky) and 'ga' (goer)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Location for the child's wandering.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)