योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-16

तडित्तरलमालोकमातन्वाना पुनःपुनः ।
संसाररचना राजन्नृत्तसक्तेव राजते ॥ १६ ॥

taḍittaralamālokamātanvānā punaḥpunaḥ ,
saṃsāraracanā rājannṛttasakteva rājate 16

16. taḍittaralam ālokam ātanvānā punaḥpunaḥ
saṃsāraracanā rājan nṛttasaktā iva rājate

16. rājan saṃsāraracanā punaḥpunaḥ taḍittaralam
ālokam ātanvānā nṛttasaktā iva rājate

16. O King, the arrangement (racanā) of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra), repeatedly presenting a sight as fleeting as lightning, shines forth as if engrossed in a dance.

Words meanings summery:

• तडित्तरलम् (taḍittaralam) - as fleeting/trembling as lightning

• आलोकम् (ālokam) - sight, view, appearance, light

• आतन्वाना (ātanvānā) - spreading, extending, performing, presenting

• पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

• संसाररचना (saṁsāraracanā) - the arrangement/structure/creation of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• नृत्तसक्ता (nṛttasaktā) - engaged in dance, engrossed in dance

• इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

• राजते (rājate) - shines, appears, looks splendid, reigns

Words meanings and morphology

तडित्तरलम् (taḍittaralam) - as fleeting/trembling as lightning

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taḍittarala

taḍittarala - as fleeting/trembling as lightning

Compound type : bahuvrihi (taḍit+tarala)

• taḍit – lightning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: taḍ (class 1)
• tarala – trembling, fickle, wavering, fleeting, fluid
  adjective
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ālokam'.

आलोकम् (ālokam) - sight, view, appearance, light

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - sight, view, appearance, light

From root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

आतन्वाना (ātanvānā) - spreading, extending, performing, presenting

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātanvāna

ātanvāna - spreading, extending, performing, presenting

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root 'tan' (to stretch, to spread) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Repetition of 'punar'

संसाररचना (saṁsāraracanā) - the arrangement/structure/creation of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāraracanā

saṁsāraracanā - the arrangement/structure/creation of transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+racanā)

• saṃsāra – transmigratory existence, cycle of birth and death, world
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛ' (to flow, to move) with prefixes 'sam' and 'sara'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• racanā – arrangement, composition, creation, structure, decoration
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'rac' (to arrange, to compose)
  Root: rac (class 10)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

नृत्तसक्ता (nṛttasaktā) - engaged in dance, engrossed in dance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nṛttasakta

nṛttasakta - engaged in dance, engrossed in dance

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛtta+sakta)

• nṛtta – dance, dancing
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'nṛt' (to dance)
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• sakta – attached, devoted, engaged, clinging to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sañj' (to cling, to attach)
  Root: sañj (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

राजते (rājate) - shines, appears, looks splendid, reigns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)