योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-8

मनांसि क्षोभयत्येष पल्लवानीव मारुतः ।
वाहयत्यक्षपङ्कतिं स्वामश्वालीमिव सारथिः ॥ ८ ॥

manāṃsi kṣobhayatyeṣa pallavānīva mārutaḥ ,
vāhayatyakṣapaṅkatiṃ svāmaśvālīmiva sārathiḥ 8

8. manāṃsi kṣobhayati eṣa pallavāni iva mārutaḥ
vāhayati akṣapaṅkatiṃ svām aśvālīm iva sārathiḥ

8. eṣa mārutaḥ iva pallavāni manāṃsi kṣobhayati.
[eṣa] sārathiḥ iva svām aśvālīm akṣapaṅkatiṃ vāhayati.

8. Just as the wind agitates young leaves, so does this inner controller (ātman) stir the minds. And just as a charioteer drives his own team of horses, this one guides his array of senses.

Words meanings summery:

• मनांसि (manāṁsi) - minds, thoughts

• क्षोभयति (kṣobhayati) - stirs, agitates, perturbs

• एष (eṣa) - the inner controller (ātman) (this one, he)

• पल्लवानि (pallavāni) - young leaves, sprouts, shoots

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air

• वाहयति (vāhayati) - drives, causes to carry

• अक्षपङ्कतिं (akṣapaṅkatiṁ) - row of senses

• स्वाम् (svām) - one's own

• अश्वालीम् (aśvālīm) - row of horses, team of horses

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer

Words meanings and morphology

मनांसि (manāṁsi) - minds, thoughts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, conscience

क्षोभयति (kṣobhayati) - stirs, agitates, perturbs

(verb)

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

causative

From root √kṣubh (class 4P) 'to agitate, tremble', causative form.

Root: kṣubh (class 4)

एष (eṣa) - the inner controller (ātman) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the inner self or controller.

पल्लवानि (pallavāni) - young leaves, sprouts, shoots

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pallava

pallava - sprout, young leaf, shoot

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, a deity of wind

वाहयति (vāhayati) - drives, causes to carry

(verb)

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

causative

From root √vah (class 1P) 'to carry, to convey', causative form.

Root: vah (class 1)

अक्षपङ्कतिं (akṣapaṅkatiṁ) - row of senses

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akṣapaṅkti

akṣapaṅkti - row of senses, line of dice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+paṅkti)

• akṣa – sense organ, eye, dice
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

स्वाम् (svām) - one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Agrees with `akṣapaṅktiṃ`.

अश्वालीम् (aśvālīm) - row of horses, team of horses

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśvālī

aśvālī - row of horses, team of horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+alī)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• alī – row, line
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sārathi

sārathi - charioteer, driver

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