योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-49, verse-12

एकस्यामेव लीलायां रमन्ते बहुबालकाः ।
एकस्यामेव नीलायां वनस्थल्यामिवैणकाः ॥ १२ ॥

ekasyāmeva līlāyāṃ ramante bahubālakāḥ ,
ekasyāmeva nīlāyāṃ vanasthalyāmivaiṇakāḥ 12

12. ekasyām eva līlāyām ramante bahu bālakāḥ |
ekasyām eva nīlāyām vanasthalyām iva aiṇakāḥ ||

12. bahu bālakāḥ ekasyām eva līlāyām ramante
aiṇakāḥ ekasyām eva nīlāyām vanasthalyām iva

12. Just as many children delight in one and the same game (līlā), so too do deer delight in one and the same dark forest-land.

Words meanings summery:

• एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - in one and the same (in one, in a single, in the same)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

• लीलायाम् (līlāyām) - in a game (līlā) (in play, in sport, in game)

• रमन्ते (ramante) - they delight/enjoy themselves (they delight, they enjoy, they sport)

• बहु (bahu) - many (many, much)

• बालकाः (bālakāḥ) - children (children, boys)

• एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - in one and the same (in one, in a single, in the same)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

• नीलायाम् (nīlāyām) - in the dark (referring to the forest's color) (in the blue, in the dark)

• वनस्थल्याम् (vanasthalyām) - in the forest-land (in the forest-land, in the grove)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• ऐणकाः (aiṇakāḥ) - deer

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - in one and the same (in one, in a single, in the same)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of ekā

ekā - one, single, sole, same

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

लीलायाम् (līlāyām) - in a game (līlā) (in play, in sport, in game)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, game, divine sport, pastime

रमन्ते (ramante) - they delight/enjoy themselves (they delight, they enjoy, they sport)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of ram

Root verb, 1st class, Ātmanepada

Root: ram (class 1)

बहु (bahu) - many (many, much)

(adjective)

of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Note: Used here as an indeclinable adjective qualifying 'bālakāḥ'.

बालकाः (bālakāḥ) - children (children, boys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bālaka

bālaka - child, boy, youth

एकस्याम् (ekasyām) - in one and the same (in one, in a single, in the same)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of ekā

ekā - one, single, sole, same

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

नीलायाम् (nīlāyām) - in the dark (referring to the forest's color) (in the blue, in the dark)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of nīlā

nīlā - blue, dark, indigo

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'vanasthalyām'.

वनस्थल्याम् (vanasthalyām) - in the forest-land (in the forest-land, in the grove)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vanasthalī

vanasthalī - forest-land, forest region, grove

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (vana+sthalī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• sthalī – land, ground, place, region
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

ऐणकाः (aiṇakāḥ) - deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aiṇaka

aiṇaka - deer, antelope

Derived from 'iṇa' (deer)