योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-60, verse-4

मनःस्वन्येषु वातान्तलोलाहतकणेष्विव ।
अनारतं विनिर्यान्ति विशन्त्यन्ये तथाभितः ॥ ४ ॥

manaḥsvanyeṣu vātāntalolāhatakaṇeṣviva ,
anārataṃ viniryānti viśantyanye tathābhitaḥ 4

4. manaḥsu anyeṣu vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇeṣu iva
anāratam viniryānti viśanti anye tathā abhitaḥ

4. anyeṣu manaḥsu vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇeṣu iva,
anāratam viniryānti,
tathā anye abhitaḥ viśanti

4. Among other minds (manas), like restless particles buffeted by the wind, some continuously emerge, while others likewise enter from all directions.

Words meanings summery:

• मनःसु (manaḥsu) - among minds (manas) (in/among minds, hearts, intellects)

• अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - among other (minds) (in/among others, other)

• वात-अन्त-लोल-आहत-कणेषु (vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇeṣu) - (among those) resembling restless particles buffeted by the wind (in/among particles struck by the extremely restless wind)

• इव (iva) - like, resembling (like, as, as it were)

• अनारतम् (anāratam) - continuously (continuously, incessantly)

• विनिर्यान्ति (viniryānti) - some continuously emerge (they emerge, they go out)

• विशन्ति (viśanti) - others similarly enter (they enter, they go into)

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, similarly)

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - from all directions (from all sides, all around, near)

Words meanings and morphology

मनःसु (manaḥsu) - among minds (manas) (in/among minds, hearts, intellects)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - among other (minds) (in/among others, other)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥsu'.

वात-अन्त-लोल-आहत-कणेषु (vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇeṣu) - (among those) resembling restless particles buffeted by the wind (in/among particles struck by the extremely restless wind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇa

vāta-anta-lola-āhata-kaṇa - particle struck by extremely restless wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāta+anta+lola+āhata+kaṇa)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Used here as an intensifier 'extremely'.
• lola – moving, trembling, restless, unstable
  adjective
  Derived from root lul- (to move to and fro).
  Root: lul (class 1)
• āhata – struck, hit, wounded, buffeted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han- (to strike, kill) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)
• kaṇa – particle, atom, grain, drop
  noun (masculine)

Note: The locative plural indicates "among those particles".

इव (iva) - like, resembling (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अनारतम् (anāratam) - continuously (continuously, incessantly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of neuter singular of anārata (not stopped).

विनिर्यान्ति (viniryānti) - some continuously emerge (they emerge, they go out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of niryā

Prefix: nis

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied, "some (minds)".

विशन्ति (viśanti) - others similarly enter (they enter, they go into)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of viś

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The subject is 'anye'.

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Subject of 'viśanti'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - from all directions (from all sides, all around, near)

(indeclinable)

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