योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-103, verse-10

चित्रां क्रीडनकश्रेणीं यथा पङ्काद्गृहे शिशुः ।
करोत्येवं मनो राम विकल्पं कुरुते जगत् ॥ १० ॥

citrāṃ krīḍanakaśreṇīṃ yathā paṅkādgṛhe śiśuḥ ,
karotyevaṃ mano rāma vikalpaṃ kurute jagat 10

10. citrām krīḍanakaśreṇīm yathā paṅkāt gṛhe śiśuḥ
karoti evam manaḥ rāma vikalpam kurute jagat

10. rāma yathā śiśuḥ gṛhe paṅkāt citrām krīḍanakaśreṇīm
karoti evam manaḥ jagat vikalpam kurute

10. O Rama, just as a child in the home creates a varied collection of toys from mud, so too does the mind create the world as a mere conceptual fabrication.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्राम् (citrām) - varied (colorful, variegated, diverse, wonderful)

• क्रीडनकश्रेणीम् (krīḍanakaśreṇīm) - a collection of toys (a collection of toys, a series of playthings)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• पङ्कात् (paṅkāt) - from mud (from mud, from dirt)

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the home (in the house, in the home)

• शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child (child, infant, baby)

• करोति (karoti) - creates, makes (makes, does, creates)

• एवम् (evam) - similarly, so too (thus, so, similarly)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, thought)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama (O Rama (vocative))

• विकल्पम् (vikalpam) - a conceptual fabrication (doubt, error, imagination, conceptual fabrication)

• कुरुते (kurute) - creates (does, makes, creates)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving, people)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्राम् (citrām) - varied (colorful, variegated, diverse, wonderful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of citra

citra - colorful, variegated, diverse, wonderful, picture

Note: Qualifies 'krīḍanakaśreṇīm'.

क्रीडनकश्रेणीम् (krīḍanakaśreṇīm) - a collection of toys (a collection of toys, a series of playthings)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of krīḍanakaśreṇī

krīḍanakaśreṇī - collection of toys, series of playthings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krīḍanaka+śreṇī)

• krīḍanaka – toy, plaything
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'krīḍ' (to play) + 'anaka' suffix.
  Root: krīḍ (class 1)
• śreṇī – line, row, series, collection, class
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

पङ्कात् (paṅkāt) - from mud (from mud, from dirt)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paṅka

paṅka - mud, mire, dirt, sin

Note: Indicates source.

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the home (in the house, in the home)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, family

Note: Indicates location.

शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child (child, infant, baby)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, baby, pupil, young animal

Note: Subject of 'karoti'.

करोति (karoti) - creates, makes (makes, does, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एवम् (evam) - similarly, so too (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, intention

Root: man

Note: Subject of 'kurute'.

राम (rāma) - O Rama (O Rama (vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king/deity), delightful, pleasing

Root: ram

Note: Addressed to Rama.

विकल्पम् (vikalpam) - a conceptual fabrication (doubt, error, imagination, conceptual fabrication)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikalpa

vikalpa - doubt, error, imagination, conceptual fabrication, alternative, option

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kurute'.

कुरुते (kurute) - creates (does, makes, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present middle

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving, people)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, animate, people

present active participle

From root 'gam' (to go) + 'śatṛ' suffix, forming a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The object being created as a 'vikalpa'.