योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-6

शमबोधाद्यभावे हि पुष्पाद्यैर्वार्चयन्ति हि ।
मिथ्यैव कल्पितैरेवमाकारे कल्पितात्मके ॥ ६ ॥

śamabodhādyabhāve hi puṣpādyairvārcayanti hi ,
mithyaiva kalpitairevamākāre kalpitātmake 6

6. śamabodhādyabhāve hi puṣpādyaiḥ vā arcayanti hi
mithyā eva kalpitaiḥ evam ākāre kalpitātmake

6. śamabodhādyabhāve hi (janāḥ) puṣpādyaiḥ vā kalpitaiḥ
eva mithyā evam kalpitātmake ākāre hi arcayanti

6. Indeed, in the absence of inner peace (śama) and true knowledge (bodha) etc., they perform worship using flowers and other similar offerings. They worship, in this manner, with merely fabricated things directed towards a form that is itself of an imagined nature.

Words meanings summery:

• शमबोधाद्यभावे (śamabodhādyabhāve) - in the absence of tranquility, knowledge, and such

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• पुष्पाद्यैः (puṣpādyaiḥ) - with flowers and the like, by means of flowers etc.

• वा (vā) - or

• अर्चयन्ति (arcayanti) - they worship, they adore

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, vainly, illusorily

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

• कल्पितैः (kalpitaiḥ) - by imagined, by fabricated, by constructed

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• आकारे (ākāre) - in a form, in an image, in a shape

• कल्पितात्मके (kalpitātmake) - whose nature is imagined, of an imagined essence

Words meanings and morphology

शमबोधाद्यभावे (śamabodhādyabhāve) - in the absence of tranquility, knowledge, and such

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śamabodhādyabhāva

śamabodhādyabhāva - absence of peace, knowledge, etc.

Tatpurusha compound: śama (peace) + bodha (knowledge) + ādi (etc.) + abhāva (absence).

Compound type : tatpurusha (śama+bodha+ādi+abhāva)

• śama – tranquility, inner peace, control of mind (śama)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awakening (bodha)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• abhāva – absence, non-existence
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'bhāva' (being, existence).
  Prefix: a

Note: Indicates the condition under which the worship occurs.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पुष्पाद्यैः (puṣpādyaiḥ) - with flowers and the like, by means of flowers etc.

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puṣpādi

puṣpādi - flowers and so on, beginning with flowers

Tatpurusha compound: puṣpa (flower) + ādi (etc.).

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+ādi)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Means of worship.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects ideas, here implies a qualification or rephrasing of the means of worship.

अर्चयन्ति (arcayanti) - they worship, they adore

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of arc

Present Active

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice.

Root: arc (class 1)

Note: The verb describing the action of worshipers (implied from previous verse: 'avyutpannadhiyaḥ').

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, reiterates the previous one.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, vainly, illusorily

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies 'kalpitaiḥ'.

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, reinforces 'mithyā'.

कल्पितैः (kalpitaiḥ) - by imagined, by fabricated, by constructed

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, fabricated, created, invented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kḷp' with suffix 'ita'.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'offerings' or refers back to 'puṣpādyaiḥ'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the manner of worship.

आकारे (ākāre) - in a form, in an image, in a shape

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, image

Note: Refers to the idol/image being worshipped.

कल्पितात्मके (kalpitātmake) - whose nature is imagined, of an imagined essence

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalpitātmaka

kalpitātmaka - whose nature is imagined, having an imagined self or essence

Bahuvrihi compound: kalpita (imagined) + ātman (self/nature) + ka (suffix indicating 'having').

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kalpita+ātman)

• kalpita – imagined, fabricated, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kḷp'.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'ākāre'.