योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-57

कर्मात्मकं प्रथममेव मनोऽभ्युदेति संकल्पतः कमलजप्रकृतीस्तदेत्य ।
नानाभिधं जगदिदं हिं मुधा तनोति वेतालदेहकलनामिव मुग्धबालः ॥ ५७ ॥

karmātmakaṃ prathamameva mano'bhyudeti saṃkalpataḥ kamalajaprakṛtīstadetya ,
nānābhidhaṃ jagadidaṃ hiṃ mudhā tanoti vetāladehakalanāmiva mugdhabālaḥ 57

57. karmātmakam prathamam eva manaḥ abhyudeti
saṅkalpataḥ kamalajaprakṛtīḥ tat
etya nānābhidham jagat idam hi mudhā
tanoti vetāladehakalanām iva mugdhabālaḥ

57. prathamam eva karmātmakam manaḥ saṅkalpataḥ
abhyudeti kamalajaprakṛtīḥ tat
etya idam nānābhidham jagat hi mudhā
tanoti mugdhabālaḥ vetāladehakalanām iva

57. The mind, rooted in action (karma), first arises from intention (saṅkalpa). Having then reached the forms of creation (prakṛti) that originate from the lotus-born (Brahmā), it indeed expands this manifold world in vain, just as an innocent child imagines the form of a ghost (vetāla).

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मात्मकम् (karmātmakam) - constituted by action, whose nature is action, having action as its self

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, at first, initially

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

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• अभ्युदेति (abhyudeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

• सङ्कल्पतः (saṅkalpataḥ) - from thought, from intention, by resolve

• कमलजप्रकृतीः (kamalajaprakṛtīḥ) - the natures born from a lotus, the creations originating from Brahmā

• तत् (tat) - them (referring to kamalajaprakṛtīḥ) or the state of creation (that)

• एत्य (etya) - having reached, having gone to, having obtained

• नानाभिधम् (nānābhidham) - of various names, manifold

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• इदम् (idam) - this

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• तनोति (tanoti) - extends, expands, creates, accomplishes

• वेतालदेहकलनाम् (vetāladehakalanām) - the imagination of a vetāla's body, the conceptualization of a ghost's form

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मुग्धबालः (mugdhabālaḥ) - an innocent child, a naive boy

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मात्मकम् (karmātmakam) - constituted by action, whose nature is action, having action as its self

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karmātmaka

karmātmaka - constituted by action, whose nature is action, having action as its self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karma+ātman)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual, fate
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'manaḥ'.

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, at first, initially

(indeclinable)

Root: prath (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

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

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

अभ्युदेति (abhyudeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

(verb)

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

From root 'i' (to go) with upasargas 'abhi' and 'ud'.

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: i (class 2)

सङ्कल्पतः (saṅkalpataḥ) - from thought, from intention, by resolve

(indeclinable)

From 'sam' + 'kḷp'

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: The suffix -taḥ indicates origin or cause, functioning as an ablative.

कमलजप्रकृतीः (kamalajaprakṛtīḥ) - the natures born from a lotus, the creations originating from Brahmā

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kamalajaprakṛti

kamalajaprakṛti - natures/forms originating from the lotus-born (Brahmā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kamalaja+prakṛti)

• kamalaja – lotus-born (an epithet for Brahmā)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'kamala' (lotus) and 'ja' (born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• prakṛti – nature, origin, material cause, primordial matter
  noun (feminine)
  From 'pra' + 'kṛ' + 'kti' suffix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of the implied verb 'etya'.

तत् (tat) - them (referring to kamalajaprakṛtīḥ) or the state of creation (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially or as a general reference to the object.

एत्य (etya) - having reached, having gone to, having obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'i' (to go) with implied prefix 'a', forming an absolutive.

Prefix: a

Root: i (class 2)

नानाभिधम् (nānābhidham) - of various names, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānābhidha

nānābhidha - having various names, manifold

Compound of 'nānā' (various) and 'abhidha' (name).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+abhidha)

• nānā – various, manifold, different
  indeclinable
• abhidha – name, appellation
  noun (masculine)
  From 'abhi' + 'dhā' (to place, to hold).
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'jagat'.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

present active participle

From root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'tanoti'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Modifies 'jagat'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

Root: muh (class 4)

तनोति (tanoti) - extends, expands, creates, accomplishes

(verb)

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

Root 'tan' from class 8.

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'manaḥ'.

वेतालदेहकलनाम् (vetāladehakalanām) - the imagination of a vetāla's body, the conceptualization of a ghost's form

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vetāladehakalanā

vetāladehakalanā - imagination/conception of a vetāla's body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vetāla+deha+kalanā)

• vetāla – ghost, goblin, vampire
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 2)
• kalanā – imagining, calculation, conception, creation
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kal' (to count, to calculate, to form, to imagine) + 'ana' + 'ā' suffix.
  Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Object of implied 'like'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मुग्धबालः (mugdhabālaḥ) - an innocent child, a naive boy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mugdhabāla

mugdhabāla - innocent child, naive boy

Compound of 'mugdha' (innocent, foolish) and 'bāla' (child).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mugdha+bāla)

• mugdha – innocent, naive, bewildered, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'muh' (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• bāla – child, boy, young
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the simile.