योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-6

यथा यथा विकल्पौघान्संकल्पयसि हेलया ।
तथा तथैति स्फारत्वं संसारस्तव चिन्तया ॥ ६ ॥

yathā yathā vikalpaughānsaṃkalpayasi helayā ,
tathā tathaiti sphāratvaṃ saṃsārastava cintayā 6

6. yathā yathā vikalpaughān saṃkalpayasi helayā
tathā tathā eti sphāratvam saṃsāraḥ tava cintayā

6. yathā yathā tvaṃ helayā vikalpaughān saṃkalpayasi,
tathā tathā tava cintayā saṃsāraḥ sphāratvam eti.

6. Just as you carelessly conceive of hordes of conceptualizations (vikalpas), so too does your cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) expand due to your thoughts (cintā).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• विकल्पौघान् (vikalpaughān) - hordes of conceptualizations (vikalpas), multitude of options/doubts

• संकल्पयसि (saṁkalpayasi) - you conceive, you imagine, you resolve

• हेलया (helayā) - carelessly, easily, playfully, with indifference

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एति (eti) - it goes, it comes, it attains

• स्फारत्वम् (sphāratvam) - vastness, expansion, proliferation

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), mundane existence

• तव (tava) - your, of yours

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by thought, due to thinking (cintā)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

विकल्पौघान् (vikalpaughān) - hordes of conceptualizations (vikalpas), multitude of options/doubts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vikalpaugha

vikalpaugha - flood/horde of conceptualizations/options/doubts

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vikalpa+ogha)

• vikalpa – conceptualization (vikalpa), option, doubt, alternative
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kḷp' with prefix 'vi-'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass, horde
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of 'saṃkalpayasi'.

संकल्पयसि (saṁkalpayasi) - you conceive, you imagine, you resolve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃkalp

Present

From root 'kḷp' with prefix 'sam-', in causal sense, present active 2nd singular.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

हेलया (helayā) - carelessly, easily, playfully, with indifference

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of helā

helā - play, sport, ease, indifference, contempt

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - it goes, it comes, it attains

(verb)

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

Present

From root 'i' (to go), present active 3rd singular.

Root: i (class 2)

स्फारत्वम् (sphāratvam) - vastness, expansion, proliferation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sphāratva

sphāratva - state of being vast, expansion, increase

Derived from 'sphāra' (vast, expansive) with suffix '-tva'.

Note: Object of 'eti'.

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), mundane existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - wandering through, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), mundane existence

From root 'sṛ' with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

तव (tava) - your, of yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by thought, due to thinking (cintā)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought (cintā), thinking, reflection, worry

From root 'cit'

Root: cit (class 1)