योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-38

तस्माच्चित्तविकल्पस्थपिशाचो बालकं यथा ।
विनिहन्त्येवमेषान्तर्द्रष्टारं दृश्यरूपिका ॥ ३८ ॥

tasmāccittavikalpasthapiśāco bālakaṃ yathā ,
vinihantyevameṣāntardraṣṭāraṃ dṛśyarūpikā 38

38. tasmāt ca cittavikalpasthapiśācaḥ bālakaṃ yathā
vinihanti evam eṣā antar draṣṭāram dṛśyarūpikā

38. tasmāt ca yathā cittavikalpasthapiśācaḥ bālakaṃ (vininhamti),
evam eṣā dṛśyarūpikā antar draṣṭāram vinihanti.

38. And therefore, just as a demon (piśāca) residing within mental fabrications (citta-vikalpa) utterly destroys a child (bālaka), similarly, this objective world (dṛśyarūpikā), existing internally, destroys the true inner perceiver (draṣṭā).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• चित्तविकल्पस्थपिशाचः (cittavikalpasthapiśācaḥ) - a demon (piśāca) born of mental fabrications (citta-vikalpa) (a demon residing in mental fabrications)

• बालकं (bālakaṁ) - a child (a child, a boy, an ignorant person)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

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

• एवम् (evam) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in this manner)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to `dṛśyarūpikā`) (this (feminine))

• अन्तर् (antar) - internally, existing within (within, inside, internal)

• द्रष्टारम् (draṣṭāram) - the seer (draṣṭā), the true inner perceiver (the seer, observer, witness)

• दृश्यरूपिका (dṛśyarūpikā) - the deluding objective world (dṛśyarūpikā) (that which has the form of the seen, the objective world in its phenomenal appearance)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Often used as an indeclinable meaning 'therefore'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

चित्तविकल्पस्थपिशाचः (cittavikalpasthapiśācaḥ) - a demon (piśāca) born of mental fabrications (citta-vikalpa) (a demon residing in mental fabrications)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittavikalpasthapiśāca

cittavikalpasthapiśāca - a demon (piśāca) existing or residing in (stha) mental fabrications or false conceptions (cittavikalpa)

Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+vikalpa+stha+piśāca)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vikalpa – mental fabrication, false conception, doubt, alternative
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to arrange, form) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• stha – standing, staying, residing in, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun (kṛt)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• piśāca – demon, goblin, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)

बालकं (bālakaṁ) - a child (a child, a boy, an ignorant person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bālaka

bālaka - child, boy, infant, ignorant person

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to `dṛśyarūpikā`) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Feminine nominative singular of 'etad'.

अन्तर् (antar) - internally, existing within (within, inside, internal)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

द्रष्टारम् (draṣṭāram) - the seer (draṣṭā), the true inner perceiver (the seer, observer, witness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness, percipient

Agent noun (kṛt)

From root dṛś (to see) + suffix -tṛ

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्यरूपिका (dṛśyarūpikā) - the deluding objective world (dṛśyarūpikā) (that which has the form of the seen, the objective world in its phenomenal appearance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyarūpikā

dṛśyarūpikā - having the form of the seen, presenting as visible, the objective world in its manifest form, phenomenal appearance

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛśya+rūpikā)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, the seen, the objective world
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root dṛś + suffix -ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• rūpikā – form, image, appearance, resembling
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive or feminine form of 'rūpin'

Note: Subject of the verb `vinihanti`.