योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-69

दोलायन्त्योऽवनौ देहं सागरान्सागराङ्गनाः ।
यथा धावन्ति धावन्ति जनता विषयांस्तथा ॥ ६९ ॥

dolāyantyo'vanau dehaṃ sāgarānsāgarāṅganāḥ ,
yathā dhāvanti dhāvanti janatā viṣayāṃstathā 69

69. dolāyantyaḥ avanau deham sāgarān sāgarāṅganāḥ
yathā dhāvanti dhāvanti janatā viṣayān tathā

69. yathā sāgarāṅganāḥ avanau deham dolāyantyaḥ sāgarān dhāvanti dhāvanti,
tathā janatā viṣayān [dhāvanti]

69. Just as rivers, personified as women of the ocean, flow towards the oceans, causing their bodies to sway on the earth, so too people constantly rush towards sense objects.

Words meanings summery:

• दोलायन्त्यः (dolāyantyaḥ) - swaying, swinging, oscillating

• अवनौ (avanau) - on the ground, on the earth

• देहम् (deham) - body

• सागरान् (sāgarān) - to the oceans

• सागराङ्गनाः (sāgarāṅganāḥ) - rivers (ocean-women, rivers (lit. 'women of the ocean'))

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• धावन्ति (dhāvanti) - flow (in reference to rivers) (they run, they flow)

• धावन्ति (dhāvanti) - run (in reference to people) (they run, they flow)

• जनता (janatā) - people, populace, mankind

• विषयान् (viṣayān) - towards sense objects, objects of experience

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

दोलायन्त्यः (dolāyantyaḥ) - swaying, swinging, oscillating

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dolāyantī

dolāyantī - swinging, swaying

present active participle

from dolāyate (denominative verb from dolā + ṇic + śatṛ)

Root: dolā

Note: Qualifies sāgarāṅganāḥ.

अवनौ (avanau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground, land

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

from √dih + ghañ

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Object of implied action 'making to sway'.

सागरान् (sāgarān) - to the oceans

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

sa-gara (with poison, referring to the ocean churned for amṛta)

Note: Goal of the action dhāvanti.

सागराङ्गनाः (sāgarāṅganāḥ) - rivers (ocean-women, rivers (lit. 'women of the ocean'))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāgarāṅganā

sāgarāṅganā - ocean-woman, river

Compound type : tatpurusha (sāgara+aṅganā)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• aṅganā – woman, lady
  noun (feminine)
  from aṅga + ana (suffix)

Note: Subject of dhāvanti.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

धावन्ति (dhāvanti) - flow (in reference to rivers) (they run, they flow)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd plural present active from √dhāv

Root: dhāv (class 1)

धावन्ति (dhāvanti) - run (in reference to people) (they run, they flow)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd plural present active from √dhāv

Root: dhāv (class 1)

जनता (janatā) - people, populace, mankind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janatā

janatā - people, multitude of men, populace

from jana + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Subject of the second dhāvanti.

विषयान् (viṣayān) - towards sense objects, objects of experience

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, domain, sphere, contents

vi-√ṣi + ac

Prefix: vi

Root: ṣi (class 5)

Note: Goal of the action dhāvanti.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)