योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-50

बालो व्योमैव वेतालं म्रियमाणोऽम्बरे वनम् ।
केशोण्ड्रकं खमन्यस्तु खमन्यो वेत्ति मौक्तिकम् ॥ ५० ॥

bālo vyomaiva vetālaṃ mriyamāṇo'mbare vanam ,
keśoṇḍrakaṃ khamanyastu khamanyo vetti mauktikam 50

50. bālaḥ vyoma eva vetālam mriyamāṇaḥ ambare vanam
keśoṇḍrakam kham anyaḥ tu kham anyaḥ vetti mauktikam

50. bālaḥ vyoma eva vetālam mriyamāṇaḥ ambare vanam tu
anyaḥ keśoṇḍrakam kham anyaḥ kham mauktikam vetti

50. A child perceives empty space (vyoman) as a goblin. A dying person sees a forest in the sky. Someone perceives the visual illusion of floating specks (keśoṇḍrakam) as space, while another perceives space as a pearl.

Words meanings summery:

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child, young boy

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वेतालम् (vetālam) - goblin, ghost

• म्रियमाणः (mriyamāṇaḥ) - a dying person

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

• केशोण्ड्रकम् (keśoṇḍrakam) - visual illusion of hair/threads (floaters)

• खम् (kham) - space, ether

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• खम् (kham) - space, ether

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

• मौक्तिकम् (mauktikam) - pearl

Words meanings and morphology

बालः (bālaḥ) - child, young boy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, inexperienced

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, space, ether

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

वेतालम् (vetālam) - goblin, ghost

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a ghost, goblin, vampire

म्रियमाणः (mriyamāṇaḥ) - a dying person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mriyamāṇa

mriyamāṇa - dying, about to die

Present Passive Participle

From root 'mṛ' (to die), used as a noun meaning 'a dying person'.

Root: mṛ (class 1)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

केशोण्ड्रकम् (keśoṇḍrakam) - visual illusion of hair/threads (floaters)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of keśoṇḍraka

keśoṇḍraka - an optical illusion of hair or threads before the eyes, eye floaters

Compound type : tatpurusha (keśa+uṇḍraka)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• uṇḍraka – a lump, ball, a variety of thread/rope (in context, refers to a visual phenomenon)
  noun (masculine)

खम् (kham) - space, ether

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

खम् (kham) - space, ether

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

(verb)

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

Athematic present active voice, class 2.

Root: vid (class 2)

मौक्तिकम् (mauktikam) - pearl

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mauktika

mauktika - a pearl

Derived from 'muktā' (pearl).