योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-46

तस्माच्चित्तविकल्पस्थपिशाचो बालकं यथा ।
विनिहन्त्येवमप्येतं द्रष्टारं दृश्यरूपिका ॥ ४६ ॥

tasmāccittavikalpasthapiśāco bālakaṃ yathā ,
vinihantyevamapyetaṃ draṣṭāraṃ dṛśyarūpikā 46

46. tasmāt cittavikalpastha piśācaḥ bālakam yathā
vinihanti evam api etam draṣṭāram dṛśyarūpikā

46. tasmāt yathā cittavikalpastha piśācaḥ bālakam vinihanti,
evam api dṛśyarūpikā etam draṣṭāram vinihanti.

46. Therefore, just as a ghost (piśāca) residing in the mind's delusions (citta-vikalpa) destroys a child, so too the manifestation of the seen (dṛśya-rūpikā) destroys this seer (draṣṭā).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• चित्तविकल्पस्थ (cittavikalpastha) - a ghost (piśāca) residing in the mind's delusions (situated in mental delusion, residing in the mind's concepts)

• पिशाचः (piśācaḥ) - ghost, demon, goblin

• बालकम् (bālakam) - a child

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• विनिहन्ति (vinihanti) - destroys, kills, strikes down

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• एतम् (etam) - this seer (this (one))

• द्रष्टारम् (draṣṭāram) - the seer, the observer

• दृश्यरूपिका (dṛśyarūpikā) - the visible world (personified as an agent of destruction) (the one taking the form of the seen, the manifestation of the visible)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

चित्तविकल्पस्थ (cittavikalpastha) - a ghost (piśāca) residing in the mind's delusions (situated in mental delusion, residing in the mind's concepts)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittavikalpastha

cittavikalpastha - situated in mental delusion/imagination, dwelling in the mind's concepts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vikalpa+stha)

• citta – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
• vikalpa – doubt, uncertainty, error, mental construction, delusion, alternative
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, existing, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  nominal derivative from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

पिशाचः (piśācaḥ) - ghost, demon, goblin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piśāca

piśāca - a kind of demon or malignant spirit, ghost, goblin

बालकम् (bālakam) - a child

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bālaka

bālaka - child, boy, young one

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

विनिहन्ति (vinihanti) - destroys, kills, strikes down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vinihan

present indicative

root 'han' with upasargas 'vi' and 'ni'

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

एतम् (etam) - this seer (this (one))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

द्रष्टारम् (draṣṭāram) - the seer, the observer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, spectator

agent noun

derived from root dṛś with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्यरूपिका (dṛśyarūpikā) - the visible world (personified as an agent of destruction) (the one taking the form of the seen, the manifestation of the visible)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyarūpikā

dṛśyarūpikā - that which has the form of the seen, the embodiment of the visible

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛśya+rūpa+ka)

• dṛśya – to be seen, visible, object of sight, the seen
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)
  derived from root dṛś with suffix -ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)
• ka – a suffix used to form adjectives and nouns
  suffix (masculine)
  feminine suffix -ikā, here -pikā