योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-30

प्रशान्तवातहरिणमाशादिगणगामिनम् ।
चिन्तया हृदयं निन्ये दूराद्रज्ज्वेव कीलकम् ॥ ३० ॥

praśāntavātahariṇamāśādigaṇagāminam ,
cintayā hṛdayaṃ ninye dūrādrajjveva kīlakam 30

30. praśāntavātahariṇam āśādigaṇagāminam | cintayā
hṛdayam ninye dūrāt rajjvā iva kīlakam ||

30. ahaṃ cintayā hṛdayam āśādigaṇagāminam
praśāntavātahariṇam ninye dūrāt rajjvā iva kīlakam

30. By [focused] thought (cintayā), I led (ninye) my heart (hṛdayam) – which naturally pursued the multitude of hopes and desires (āśādigaṇagāminam), and was [being made] like a deer whose restless impulses were calmed (praśāntavātahariṇam) – just as a peg (kīlakam) is drawn from afar (dūrāt) with a rope (rajjvā iva).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रशान्तवातहरिणम् (praśāntavātahariṇam) - refers to the heart being calmed, like a naturally restless deer that has been pacified. (like a deer whose restless impulses (vāta) are calmed)

• आशादिगणगामिनम् (āśādigaṇagāminam) - Describes the heart's natural tendency to pursue desires and expectations. (going towards the multitude of hopes and so on, prone to desires)

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by means of focused meditative thought/attention. (by thought, through reflection, with anxiety)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core, essence

• निन्ये (ninye) - I led, I brought, I carried

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

• रज्ज्वा (rajjvā) - by a rope, with a cord

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कीलकम् (kīlakam) - peg, stake, bolt

Words meanings and morphology

प्रशान्तवातहरिणम् (praśāntavātahariṇam) - refers to the heart being calmed, like a naturally restless deer that has been pacified. (like a deer whose restless impulses (vāta) are calmed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśāntavātahariṇa

praśāntavātahariṇa - deer with calmed wind/impulses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (praśānta+vāta+hariṇa)

• praśānta – calmed, tranquil, serene
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  pra-śam + kta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: śam (class 4)
• vāta – wind, air, vital breath, impulse, desire
  noun (masculine)
• hariṇa – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with hṛdayam.

आशादिगणगामिनम् (āśādigaṇagāminam) - Describes the heart's natural tendency to pursue desires and expectations. (going towards the multitude of hopes and so on, prone to desires)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśādigaṇagāmin

āśādigaṇagāmin - one who goes towards the group of hopes etc.

agent noun

derived from gāmin (going) + compound āśādigaṇa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśā+ādi+gaṇa+gāmin)

• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – and so on, beginning, etcetera
  indeclinable
• gaṇa – multitude, group, host
  noun (masculine)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective
  agent noun
  derived from √gam with suffix -in
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with hṛdayam.

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by means of focused meditative thought/attention. (by thought, through reflection, with anxiety)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, worry, meditation

derived from √cit (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 10)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core, essence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, conscience, innermost feeling

निन्ये (ninye) - I led, I brought, I carried

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, perfect (Lit) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular acting as an adverb of place.

रज्ज्वा (rajjvā) - by a rope, with a cord

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord, string

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कीलकम् (kīlakam) - peg, stake, bolt

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kīlaka

kīlaka - peg, stake, pin, bolt, nail

Note: Accusative singular, object of comparison.