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.

8. הוא מניע ומסעיר את המחשבות כמו שהרוח מניעה עלים צעירים, ומנהיג את מכלול החושים כמו רכב המנהיג את סוסיו.

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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