योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-9

यथा लीलाभ्रमाद्बालाः कुम्भकृच्चक्रवज्जगत् ।
भ्रान्तं पश्यन्ति चित्तात्तु विद्धि दृश्यं तथैव हि ॥ ९ ॥

yathā līlābhramādbālāḥ kumbhakṛccakravajjagat ,
bhrāntaṃ paśyanti cittāttu viddhi dṛśyaṃ tathaiva hi 9

9. yathā līlābhramāt bālāḥ kumbhakṛt cakravat jagat |
bhrāntam paśyanti cittāt tu viddhi dṛśyam tathā eva hi ||

9. yathā bālāḥ līlābhramāt kumbhakṛt cakravat jagat bhrāntam paśyanti,
tu tathā eva hi cittāt dṛśyam viddhi.

9. Just as children, through playful spinning, perceive the world (jagat) as whirling like a potter's wheel, know that the visible (dṛśyam) likewise manifests precisely from the mind (citta).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• लीलाभ्रमात् (līlābhramāt) - from playful spinning, from the delusion of play

• बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young ones

• कुम्भकृत् (kumbhakṛt) - a potter, pot-maker

• चक्रवत् (cakravat) - like a wheel, wheel-like

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - deluded, wandering, whirling, mistaken

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

• चित्तात् (cittāt) - from the mind, from consciousness

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible, the seen, the object of sight

• तथा (tathā) - in the same way, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

लीलाभ्रमात् (līlābhramāt) - from playful spinning, from the delusion of play

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of līlābhrama

līlābhrama - playful spinning, play's delusion

Compound type : karmadhāraya (līlā+bhrama)

• līlā – play, sport, pastime
  noun (feminine)
• bhrama – spinning, whirling, delusion, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

कुम्भकृत् (kumbhakṛt) - a potter, pot-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakṛt

kumbhakṛt - potter, pot-maker

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (kumbha+kṛt)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• kṛt – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

चक्रवत् (cakravat) - like a wheel, wheel-like

(indeclinable)

Taddhita suffix -vat (like)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, moving

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

present active participle

from root gam (to go) with reduplication

Root: gam (class 1)

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - deluded, wandering, whirling, mistaken

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - deluded, confused, wandering, whirled

past passive participle

from root bhram (to wander, revolve)

Root: bhram (class 1)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present stem paśya- from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

चित्तात् (cittāt) - from the mind, from consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

Root: cit (class 10)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

2nd singular imperative of root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the visible, the seen, the object of sight

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object of sight

gerundive

from root dṛś (to see), with suffix -ya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)