योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-77, verse-6

यन्त्रपुत्रकसंचार इतीमं जनताक्रमम् ।
अन्तःसंलीनया दृष्ट्या पश्यन्हसति शान्तधीः ॥ ६ ॥

yantraputrakasaṃcāra itīmaṃ janatākramam ,
antaḥsaṃlīnayā dṛṣṭyā paśyanhasati śāntadhīḥ 6

6. yantra-putraka-sañcāraḥ iti imam janatā-kramam
antaḥ-saṃlīnayā dṛṣṭyā paśyan hasati śānta-dhīḥ

6. śānta-dhīḥ imam janatā-kramam yantra-putraka-sañcāraḥ
iti antaḥ-saṃlīnayā dṛṣṭyā paśyan hasati

6. With a tranquil intellect (śāntadhīḥ), perceiving this course of human affairs (imam janatākramam) as merely the movement of mechanical puppets, he laughs with an inwardly-absorbed vision.

Words meanings summery:

• यन्त्र-पुत्रक-सञ्चारः (yantra-putraka-sañcāraḥ) - movement of mechanical puppets

• इति (iti) - as (if it were) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating quote or comparison)

• इमम् (imam) - this (course of affairs) (this, this one)

• जनता-क्रमम् (janatā-kramam) - this course of human affairs (the course of the people, the way of the world)

• अन्तः-संलीनया (antaḥ-saṁlīnayā) - with an inwardly-absorbed (vision) (by an inwardly-absorbed, inwardly-merged (vision))

• दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā) - with an inward vision (by vision, by sight, by understanding, by view)

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - perceiving (seeing, perceiving, observing)

• हसति (hasati) - laughs (laughs, smiles)

• शान्त-धीः (śānta-dhīḥ) - one with a tranquil intellect (one whose intellect is tranquil, calm-minded)

Words meanings and morphology

यन्त्र-पुत्रक-सञ्चारः (yantra-putraka-sañcāraḥ) - movement of mechanical puppets

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yantra-putraka-sañcāra

yantra-putraka-sañcāra - movement of a mechanical puppet or automaton

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yantra-putraka+sañcāra)

• yantra-putraka – mechanical puppet, automaton
  noun (masculine)
• sañcāra – movement, walking, course, passage
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' + '√car' (to move).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively in relation to 'janatā-kramam'.

इति (iti) - as (if it were) (thus, so, in this manner, indicating quote or comparison)

(indeclinable)

इमम् (imam) - this (course of affairs) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

Note: Agrees with 'janatā-kramam'.

जनता-क्रमम् (janatā-kramam) - this course of human affairs (the course of the people, the way of the world)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janatā-krama

janatā-krama - the course/way of the people, the general custom, the worldly order

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janatā+krama)

• janatā – people, multitude, mankind, populace
  noun (feminine)
  From 'jana' (person) + 'tā' (suffix forming abstract noun).
• krama – step, course, order, sequence, method
  noun (masculine)
  From '√kram' (to step, go).
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Object of 'paśyan'.

अन्तः-संलीनया (antaḥ-saṁlīnayā) - with an inwardly-absorbed (vision) (by an inwardly-absorbed, inwardly-merged (vision))

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of antaḥ-saṃlīna

antaḥ-saṁlīna - inwardly absorbed, merged within, completely withdrawn

Compound type : avyayībhāva (antar+saṃlīna)

• antar – within, inside, inner
  indeclinable
• saṃlīna – merged, dissolved, absorbed, completely disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam' + '√lī' (to cling, to dissolve, to merge).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lī (class 4)

दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā) - with an inward vision (by vision, by sight, by understanding, by view)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - vision, sight, view, opinion, understanding

From '√dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Instrumental used to express the means.

पश्यन् (paśyan) - perceiving (seeing, perceiving, observing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, perceiving, beholding

Present Active Participle

From '√dṛś' (to see), stem 'paśya'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हसति (hasati) - laughs (laughs, smiles)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √has

Present tense form

Simple present stem from '√has'.

Root: has (class 1)

शान्त-धीः (śānta-dhīḥ) - one with a tranquil intellect (one whose intellect is tranquil, calm-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta-dhī

śānta-dhī - having a tranquil mind/intellect, calm-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śānta+dhī)

• śānta – calm, peaceful, tranquil, ceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From '√śam' (to be calm, to cease).
  Root: śam (class 4)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From '√dhyai' (to think, meditate).
  Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'hasati'.