योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-43, verse-12

जानास्येव गतिं चित्रां विषयाणां प्रमाथिनीम् ।
यथायान्ति यथा यान्ति यथा परिभवन्ति च ॥ १२ ॥

jānāsyeva gatiṃ citrāṃ viṣayāṇāṃ pramāthinīm ,
yathāyānti yathā yānti yathā paribhavanti ca 12

12. jānāsi eva gatim citrām viṣayāṇām pramāthinīm
yathā āyānti yathā yānti yathā paribhavanti ca

12. jānāsi eva viṣayāṇām citrām pramāthinīm gatim
yathā āyānti yathā yānti ca yathā paribhavanti

12. You surely know the diverse and agitating nature of sense objects: how they come, how they depart, and how they indeed overpower (the mind).

Words meanings summery:

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know, you understand

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, truly

• गतिम् (gatim) - course, movement, state, nature, destiny

• चित्राम् (citrām) - varied (nature) (varied, diverse, wonderful, strange)

• विषयाणाम् (viṣayāṇām) - of sense objects, of objects of perception, of spheres/domains

• प्रमाथिनीम् (pramāthinīm) - agitating (nature) (agitating, disturbing, tormenting, causing confusion)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they depart

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• परिभवन्ति (paribhavanti) - they overcome, they overpower, they slight, they defeat

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know, you understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present, 2nd person singular

From root jñā (class 9, jñā-nā stem).

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Implied subject is 'you'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, truly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

गतिम् (gatim) - course, movement, state, nature, destiny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, course, path, state, condition, destiny, nature

Root gam + ktin suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

चित्राम् (citrām) - varied (nature) (varied, diverse, wonderful, strange)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of citra

citra - varied, diverse, wonderful, brilliant, strange

विषयाणाम् (viṣayāṇām) - of sense objects, of objects of perception, of spheres/domains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, subject, sphere, domain, range

vi-ṣi + ac

Prefix: vi

Root: ṣi (class 5)

Note: Relates to gatim.

प्रमाथिनीम् (pramāthinīm) - agitating (nature) (agitating, disturbing, tormenting, causing confusion)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramāthin

pramāthin - agitating, tormenting, disturbing, destructive

Agent Noun / Adjective from pra-math

pra-math + ṇin (feminine pramāthinī)

Prefix: pra

Root: math (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present, 3rd person plural

From root yā (class 2) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they depart

(verb)

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

Present, 3rd person plural

From root yā (class 2).

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

परिभवन्ति (paribhavanti) - they overcome, they overpower, they slight, they defeat

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pari-bhū

Present, 3rd person plural

From root bhū (class 1) with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.