योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-119, verse-1

मनुरुवाच ।
सर्गात्मभिर्विभुः स्पन्दैः क्रीडते बालवत्स्वयम् ।
संहारात्मकशक्त्याथ संहृत्यात्मनि तिष्ठति ॥ १ ॥

manuruvāca ,
sargātmabhirvibhuḥ spandaiḥ krīḍate bālavatsvayam ,
saṃhārātmakaśaktyātha saṃhṛtyātmani tiṣṭhati 1

1. manuḥ uvāca | sarga-ātmabhiḥ
vibhuḥ spandaiḥ krīḍate bālavat
svayam | saṃhāra-ātmaka-śaktyā
atha saṃhṛtya ātmani tiṣṭhati ||

1. Manuḥ uvāca: vibhuḥ sarga-ātmabhiḥ spandaiḥ svayam bālavat krīḍate.
atha saṃhāra-ātmaka-śaktyā saṃhṛtya ātmani tiṣṭhati.

1. Manu said: The all-pervading (vibhuḥ) one plays by himself like a child with creative movements, and then, by means of his destructive power (saṃhārātmakā śakti), having withdrawn, he remains within the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्ग-आत्मभिः (sarga-ātmabhiḥ) - with creative movements (literally, 'by means of movements whose essence is creation') (by creative essences, by means of creative natures)

• विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the all-pervading one (referring to the supreme being) (all-pervading, omnipresent, powerful)

• स्पन्दैः (spandaiḥ) - by movements, by vibrations, by pulsations

• क्रीडते (krīḍate) - plays, sports, enjoys himself

• बालवत् (bālavat) - like a child, childishly

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

• संहार-आत्मक-शक्त्या (saṁhāra-ātmaka-śaktyā) - by means of his destructive power (saṃhārātmakā śakti) (by destructive power, by means of the power of withdrawal)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and so, now

• संहृत्य (saṁhṛtya) - having withdrawn, having contracted, having destroyed

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - within the self (ātman) (in the self, in one's own being)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, stands, abides, exists

Words meanings and morphology

मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (progenitor of mankind, a lawgiver, a proper noun)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्ग-आत्मभिः (sarga-ātmabhiḥ) - with creative movements (literally, 'by means of movements whose essence is creation') (by creative essences, by means of creative natures)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarga-ātman

sarga-ātman - creative self, creative essence, essence of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ātman)

• sarga – creation, emanation, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sṛj' (to emit, create) with prefix 'sa'.
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the all-pervading one (referring to the supreme being) (all-pervading, omnipresent, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, omnipresent, mighty, powerful, lord

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्पन्दैः (spandaiḥ) - by movements, by vibrations, by pulsations

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of spanda

spanda - movement, vibration, throbbing, activity

Derived from root 'spand' (to vibrate, throb).

Root: spand (class 1)

क्रीडते (krīḍate) - plays, sports, enjoys himself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of krīḍ

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

बालवत् (bālavat) - like a child, childishly

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat means 'like, similar to'.

Note: Adverb formed with suffix -vat.

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

संहार-आत्मक-शक्त्या (saṁhāra-ātmaka-śaktyā) - by means of his destructive power (saṃhārātmakā śakti) (by destructive power, by means of the power of withdrawal)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃhāra-ātmaka-śakti

saṁhāra-ātmaka-śakti - power which is destructive/of the nature of dissolution

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃhāra+ātmaka+śakti)

• saṃhāra – destruction, withdrawal, dissolution, reabsorption
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'hṛ' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, pertaining to (suffix used adjectivally)
  adjective
  Derived from 'ātman' with suffix -ka.
• śakti – power, energy, force, divine power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and so, now

(indeclinable)

संहृत्य (saṁhṛtya) - having withdrawn, having contracted, having destroyed

(indeclinable)

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - within the self (ātman) (in the self, in one's own being)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual spirit, essence (ātman)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, stands, abides, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)