योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-20

करोत्यकृतमाकारं कृतं नाशयति क्षणात् ।
संकल्पेन मनोमोहाद्बालो वेतालकं यथा ॥ २० ॥

karotyakṛtamākāraṃ kṛtaṃ nāśayati kṣaṇāt ,
saṃkalpena manomohādbālo vetālakaṃ yathā 20

20. karoti akṛtam ākāram kṛtam nāśayati kṣaṇāt
saṅkalpena manaḥ-mohāt bālaḥ vetālakam yathā

20. yathā bālaḥ manaḥ-mohāt saṅkalpena akṛtam
ākāram karoti kṛtam kṣaṇāt nāśayati vetālakam

20. Just as a child, due to mental delusion (manaḥ-moha), by mere imagination (saṅkalpa), creates a form (ākāra) that was previously unmade, and then instantly destroys that which was thus created, like a phantom (vetālaka).

Words meanings summery:

• करोति (karoti) - creates (does, makes, performs)

• अकृतम् (akṛtam) - not having existed previously (undone, unmade, not done, not created)

• आकारम् (ākāram) - an illusory form (form, shape, appearance)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - that which was created (by the mind) (done, made, created)

• नाशयति (nāśayati) - causes to cease to exist (destroys, causes to perish)

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (instantly, in a moment, from a moment)

• सङ्कल्पेन (saṅkalpena) - by mere imagination (by resolution, by intention, by determination, by imagination)

• मनः-मोहात् (manaḥ-mohāt) - due to mental delusion (manaḥ-moha) (from delusion of mind, from mental confusion)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a young child (child, boy)

• वेतालकम् (vetālakam) - an imaginary phantom (vetālaka) (a phantom, a goblin, an evil spirit)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

करोति (karoti) - creates (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकृतम् (akṛtam) - not having existed previously (undone, unmade, not done, not created)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛta

akṛta - undone, unmade, not done, not created

Past Passive Participle

Negated past passive participle of `kṛ` (to do, make).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṛta – done, made, performed, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `ākāram`.

आकारम् (ākāram) - an illusory form (form, shape, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, external manifestation

Derived from root `kṛ` with prefix `ā-`

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ

Note: Object of `karoti`.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - that which was created (by the mind) (done, made, created)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of `nāśayati`.

नाशयति (nāśayati) - causes to cease to exist (destroys, causes to perish)

(verb)

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

Causative Present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, Parasmaipada, causative of root `naś` (class 4) or `naś` (class 1).

Root: naś (class 4)

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (instantly, in a moment, from a moment)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, short time

Note: Indicates immediacy.

सङ्कल्पेन (saṅkalpena) - by mere imagination (by resolution, by intention, by determination, by imagination)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - resolution, intention, firm will, imagination, mental conception

Derived from root `kḷp` with prefix `sam-`

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Denotes the means or instrument.

मनः-मोहात् (manaḥ-mohāt) - due to mental delusion (manaḥ-moha) (from delusion of mind, from mental confusion)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of manaḥ-moha

manaḥ-moha - delusion of mind, mental confusion, bewilderment of the mind

Compound of `manas` (mind) and `moha` (delusion).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (manas+moha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man
• moha – delusion, illusion, bewilderment, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root muh (to be bewildered, confused).
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Denotes the cause or origin.

बालः (bālaḥ) - a young child (child, boy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, immature, boy

Note: Subject of the actions.

वेतालकम् (vetālakam) - an imaginary phantom (vetālaka) (a phantom, a goblin, an evil spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vetālaka

vetālaka - a phantom, a goblin, an evil spirit, a ghost

Diminutive of `vetāla`.

Note: Object of comparison, implied as created/destroyed.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)