योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-49

स्वलीलार्थमिदं चारु जगदाडम्बरं ततम् ।
मयाभिजातबालेन पङ्कक्रीडनकं यथा ॥ ४९ ॥

svalīlārthamidaṃ cāru jagadāḍambaraṃ tatam ,
mayābhijātabālena paṅkakrīḍanakaṃ yathā 49

49. svalīlārtham idam cāru jagadāḍambaram tatam
mayā abhijātabālena paṅkakrīḍanakam yathā

49. idam cāru tatam jagadāḍambaram mayā svalīlārtham
abhijātabālena paṅkakrīḍanakam yathā

49. This beautiful and magnificent (jagadāḍambaram) world, which is spread out, exists for my own sport (līlā), created by me, just as a noble child makes a plaything out of mud.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वलीलार्थम् (svalīlārtham) - for my own sport (līlā) (for one's own sport/play)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• चारु (cāru) - beautiful, lovely, charming

• जगदाडम्बरम् (jagadāḍambaram) - the magnificence of the world, worldly pomp

• ततम् (tatam) - spread out, created (as a display) (spread, extended, stretched, created)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अभिजातबालेन (abhijātabālena) - by a noble child, by a well-born infant

• पङ्कक्रीडनकम् (paṅkakrīḍanakam) - a mud-plaything, a toy made of mud

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

स्वलीलार्थम् (svalīlārtham) - for my own sport (līlā) (for one's own sport/play)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svalīlārtha

svalīlārtha - for one's own sport/play

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+līlā+artha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• līlā – sport, play, divine play (līlā), amusement
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, aim, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

Note: Often used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

चारु (cāru) - beautiful, lovely, charming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāru

cāru - beautiful, lovely, charming, agreeable

Note: Qualifies 'jagadāḍambaram'.

जगदाडम्बरम् (jagadāḍambaram) - the magnificence of the world, worldly pomp

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagadāḍambara

jagadāḍambara - the magnificence or pomp of the world, worldly display

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+āḍambara)

• jagat – world, universe, all that moves
  noun (neuter)
• āḍambara – pomp, splendor, display, magnificence
  noun (masculine)

ततम् (tatam) - spread out, created (as a display) (spread, extended, stretched, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tata

tata - spread, extended, stretched, pervaded, created

Past Passive Participle

From root √tan (to stretch, to extend)

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'jagadāḍambaram'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Agent in a passive-like construction (implicit verb 'created' or 'spread').

अभिजातबालेन (abhijātabālena) - by a noble child, by a well-born infant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abhijātabāla

abhijātabāla - a noble child, a well-born infant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhijāta+bāla)

• abhijāta – well-born, noble, high-born
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From abhi-√jan (to be born, to originate)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: jan (class 4)
• bāla – child, infant, young
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent in the simile.

पङ्कक्रीडनकम् (paṅkakrīḍanakam) - a mud-plaything, a toy made of mud

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paṅkakrīḍanaka

paṅkakrīḍanaka - a mud-plaything, a toy made of mud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+krīḍanaka)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• krīḍanaka – plaything, toy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the implied verb in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.