योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-42

पांसुमुष्टिरिवाकीर्य प्रेक्षिता पारमाणवी ।
आकाशनीलिमेवैषा निर्निमित्तैव दृश्यते ॥ ४२ ॥

pāṃsumuṣṭirivākīrya prekṣitā pāramāṇavī ,
ākāśanīlimevaiṣā nirnimittaiva dṛśyate 42

42. pāṃsumuṣṭiḥ iva ākīrya prekṣitā pāramāṇavī
ākāśanīlimā iva eṣā nirnimittā iva dṛśyate

42. pāṃsumuṣṭiḥ iva ākīrya prekṣitā pāramāṇavī.
eṣā ākāśanīlimā iva nirnimittā iva dṛśyate.

42. It is like a handful of scattered dust, observed as atomic (i.e., minute and insubstantial). This (world) is like the blueness of the sky, seen as having no real basis or cause.

Words meanings summery:

• पांसुमुष्टिः (pāṁsumuṣṭiḥ) - handful of dust

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आकीर्य (ākīrya) - scattered (having scattered, having spread)

• प्रेक्षिता (prekṣitā) - seen, observed

• पारमाणवी (pāramāṇavī) - atomic, infinitesimal

• आकाशनीलिमा (ākāśanīlimā) - blueness of the sky

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• एषा (eṣā) - this (she)

• निर्निमित्ता (nirnimittā) - without cause, baseless

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen

Words meanings and morphology

पांसुमुष्टिः (pāṁsumuṣṭiḥ) - handful of dust

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāṃsumuṣṭi

pāṁsumuṣṭi - handful of dust, clod of earth

Compound of pāṃsu (dust) and muṣṭi (fist, handful).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṃsu+muṣṭi)

• pāṃsu – dust, sand, earth
  noun (masculine)
• muṣṭi – fist, handful
  noun (feminine)
  Root: muṣ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आकीर्य (ākīrya) - scattered (having scattered, having spread)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ā + root kṛ (to scatter, spread), with lyap suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

प्रेक्षिता (prekṣitā) - seen, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prekṣita

prekṣita - seen, observed, gazed upon

Past Passive Participle

From pra + root īkṣ (to see, behold)

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

पारमाणवी (pāramāṇavī) - atomic, infinitesimal

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāramāṇava

pāramāṇava - atomic, infinitesimal, consisting of atoms

Derived from paramāṇu (atom) with aṇ suffix.

आकाशनीलिमा (ākāśanīlimā) - blueness of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśanīliman

ākāśanīliman - blueness of the sky, azure

Compound of ākāśa (sky) and nīliman (blueness, derived from nīla + iman).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+nīliman)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• nīliman – blueness, blackness
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from nīla (blue/black) + iman suffix.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

निर्निमित्ता (nirnimittā) - without cause, baseless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirnimitta

nirnimitta - without cause, baseless, causeless

Compound of nis (without) and nimitta (cause, reason).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+nimitta)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• nimitta – cause, reason, sign
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: mā (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Passive

From root dṛś (to see), passive voice, middle ending.

Root: dṛś (class 1)