योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-49, verse-2

वितानमिव दिक्कुक्षिदीर्घं विटपबाहुभिः ।
आलोकयन्तं ककुभो विकासिकुसुमेक्षणैः ॥ २ ॥

vitānamiva dikkukṣidīrghaṃ viṭapabāhubhiḥ ,
ālokayantaṃ kakubho vikāsikusumekṣaṇaiḥ 2

2. vitānam iva dikkukṣidīrgham viṭapabāhubhiḥ
ālokayantam kakubhaḥ vikāsikusumekṣaṇaiḥ

2. vitānam iva viṭapabāhubhiḥ dikkukṣidīrgham
vikāsikusumekṣaṇaiḥ kakubhaḥ ālokayantam

2. (It was) like an awning, stretching long towards the horizons' sides with its arms of branches, observing the quarters (directions) with its eyes of blossoming flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• वितानम् (vitānam) - like a vast canopy (awning, canopy, expansion)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दिक्कुक्षिदीर्घम् (dikkukṣidīrgham) - stretching far in all directions (long in the sides of the directions/horizons)

• विटपबाहुभिः (viṭapabāhubhiḥ) - using its branches as arms (with branch-arms)

• आलोकयन्तम् (ālokayantam) - observing the directions (looking, seeing, observing)

• ककुभः (kakubhaḥ) - the cardinal directions (directions, quarters, regions)

• विकासिकुसुमेक्षणैः (vikāsikusumekṣaṇaiḥ) - using its blossoming flowers as eyes (with blossoming-flower-eyes)

Words meanings and morphology

वितानम् (vitānam) - like a vast canopy (awning, canopy, expansion)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vitāna

vitāna - awning, canopy, spreading, expansion

Note: Accusative singular, here functioning adverbially or as a complement to 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दिक्कुक्षिदीर्घम् (dikkukṣidīrgham) - stretching far in all directions (long in the sides of the directions/horizons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dikkukṣidīrgha

dikkukṣidīrgha - long in the sides of the directions

Compound type : tatpurusha (dik+kukṣi+dīrgha)

• dik – direction, quarter
  noun (feminine)
• kukṣi – side, flank, belly, interior
  noun (masculine)
• dīrgha – long, extended
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular, modifying an implied noun.

विटपबाहुभिः (viṭapabāhubhiḥ) - using its branches as arms (with branch-arms)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viṭapabāhu

viṭapabāhu - branch-arm

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṭapa+bāhu)

• viṭapa – branch, twig
  noun (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrumental plural.

आलोकयन्तम् (ālokayantam) - observing the directions (looking, seeing, observing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ālokayat

ālokayat - looking, seeing, observing

present active participle

from root 'lok' (to see) with upasarga 'ā', causative suffix -aya is often implicitly present

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Accusative singular, modifying an implied noun.

ककुभः (kakubhaḥ) - the cardinal directions (directions, quarters, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kakubh

kakubh - direction, quarter, region

Note: Accusative plural of 'kakubh'.

विकासिकुसुमेक्षणैः (vikāsikusumekṣaṇaiḥ) - using its blossoming flowers as eyes (with blossoming-flower-eyes)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vikāsikusumekṣaṇa

vikāsikusumekṣaṇa - whose eyes are blossoming flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikāsin+kusuma+īkṣaṇa)

• vikāsin – blossoming, expanding
  adjective
  from root 'kas' with 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kas (class 1)
• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'īkṣ' (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, agreeing with an implied subject's 'eyes'.