योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-20

मिथ्यैव स्फाररूपेण विचाराद्विशरारुणा ।
बालो वेतालकेनेव गृहीतोऽस्मि कुचेतसा ॥ २० ॥

mithyaiva sphārarūpeṇa vicārādviśarāruṇā ,
bālo vetālakeneva gṛhīto'smi kucetasā 20

20. mithyā eva sphārarūpeṇa vicārāt viśarāruṇā
bālaḥ vetālakena iva gṛhītaḥ asmi kucetasā

20. Like a child seized by a goblin (vetāla), I am grasped by a deluded mind. Falsehood itself appears in an expanded form but disintegrates upon true discernment.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsehood, untruth, error

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

• स्फाररूपेण (sphārarūpeṇa) - in an expanded form, in a vast form

• विचारात् (vicārāt) - upon true discernment (from deliberation, from discernment, from thought)

• विशरारुणा (viśarāruṇā) - disintegrating, dissolving, ephemeral, perishable

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, a young person, a foolish person

• वेतालकेन (vetālakena) - by a vetāla, by a goblin, by a vampire-like entity

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized, caught, taken, grasped

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• कुचेतसा (kucetasā) - by a deluded mind, by an evil mind, by an ill-intentioned mind

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsehood, untruth, error

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mithyā

mithyā - falsehood, untruth, error; falsely, untruly, erroneously

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

स्फाररूपेण (sphārarūpeṇa) - in an expanded form, in a vast form

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sphārarūpa

sphārarūpa - having an expanded form, having a vast appearance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sphāra+rūpa)

• sphāra – expanded, swollen, vast, great
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

विचारात् (vicārāt) - upon true discernment (from deliberation, from discernment, from thought)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - deliberation, consideration, investigation, discernment

Derived from root car with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

विशरारुणा (viśarāruṇā) - disintegrating, dissolving, ephemeral, perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśarāru

viśarāru - perishable, disintegrating, dissolving, ephemeral

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'mithyā'.

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child, a young person, a foolish person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young boy, ignorant person, foolish person

वेतालकेन (vetālakena) - by a vetāla, by a goblin, by a vampire-like entity

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vetālaka

vetālaka - a vetāla (a type of demon or goblin often associated with corpses), a vampire-like being

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized, caught, taken, grasped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, caught, taken, grasped, accepted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root grah.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject 'I' (aham).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कुचेतसा (kucetasā) - by a deluded mind, by an evil mind, by an ill-intentioned mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kucetas

kucetas - evil-minded, foolish, deluded mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ku+cetas)

• ku – bad, evil, deficient, contemptible
  indeclinable
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)