योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-75, verse-6

एतावन्तमहं कालमविवेकेन योजिता ।
स्वसंकल्पसमुत्थेन वेतालेनेव बालिका ॥ ६ ॥

etāvantamahaṃ kālamavivekena yojitā ,
svasaṃkalpasamutthena vetāleneva bālikā 6

6. etāvantam aham kālam avivekena yojitā
sva-saṅkalpa-samutthena vetālena iva bālikā

6. aham bālikā iva etāvantam kālam avivekena yojitā,
sva-saṅkalpa-samutthena vetālena iva

6. For such a long time, I, like a young girl, was entangled by a lack of discernment (aviveka), as if by a phantom (vetāla) that arose from my own imagination (saṅkalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so long, of such a measure

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कालम् (kālam) - for a long time (accusative of duration) (time, duration)

• अविवेकेन (avivekena) - by indiscrimination, by lack of discernment

• योजिता (yojitā) - joined, engaged, bound, caused to be joined

• स्व-सङ्कल्प-समुत्थेन (sva-saṅkalpa-samutthena) - by that which arises from one's own imagination/resolve

• वेतालेन (vetālena) - by a vetāla (ghost, vampire)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• बालिका (bālikā) - a young girl, maiden

Words meanings and morphology

एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so long, of such a measure

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - this much, so long, of such a measure

Note: Qualifies kālam

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Refers to the speaker

कालम् (kālam) - for a long time (accusative of duration) (time, duration)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, appropriate moment

Note: Indicates duration

अविवेकेन (avivekena) - by indiscrimination, by lack of discernment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aviveka

aviveka - indiscrimination, lack of discernment

negation of viveka

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+viveka)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• viveka – discernment, discrimination, wisdom
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root vic with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Agent or instrument of yojitā

योजिता (yojitā) - joined, engaged, bound, caused to be joined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yojita

yojita - joined, engaged, bound, caused to be joined

Past Passive Participle (Causal)

derived from causal of root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with bālikā (implied subject aham)

स्व-सङ्कल्प-समुत्थेन (sva-saṅkalpa-samutthena) - by that which arises from one's own imagination/resolve

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svasaṅkalpasamuttha

svasaṅkalpasamuttha - arisen from one's own imagination/resolve

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+saṅkalpa+samuttha)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, imagination, mental conception
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root kḷp with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• samuttha – arisen from, sprung from
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root sthā with sam and ud
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies vetālena

वेतालेन (vetālena) - by a vetāla (ghost, vampire)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a ghost, vampire, spirit

Note: Agent or instrument, used with iva for comparison

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

बालिका (bālikā) - a young girl, maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālikā

bālikā - a young girl, maiden

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied: aham bālikā = I am a young girl)