योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-47, verse-30

विचित्रपिच्छिकापुञ्जो मयूराण्डरसे यथा ।
यथा नानात्मिके ह्येव बर्ह्यण्डरसबर्हिते ॥ ३० ॥

vicitrapicchikāpuñjo mayūrāṇḍarase yathā ,
yathā nānātmike hyeva barhyaṇḍarasabarhite 30

30. vicitrapicchikāpuñjaḥ mayūrāṇḍarase yathā
yathā nānātmike hi eva barhyaṇḍarasabarhite

30. yathā mayūrāṇḍarase vicitrapicchikāpuñjaḥ
yathā hi eva barhyaṇḍarasabarhite nānātmike

30. Just as the collection of variegated feathers (is latent) in the essence (rasa) of a peacock's egg, so too indeed, this potential for diversity exists in the essence of the peacock's egg and in the peacock which is constituted by that essence, both of which are of diverse natures (nānātmika).

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रपिच्छिकापुञ्जः (vicitrapicchikāpuñjaḥ) - the collection of varied and colorful feathers (a mass/collection of variegated/diverse feathers)

• मयूराण्डरसे (mayūrāṇḍarase) - in the vital essence or potential contained within a peacock's egg (in the essence/liquid of a peacock's egg)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as; as; like)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (reiterating the comparison) (just as; as; like)

• नानात्मिके (nānātmike) - in/of two entities which are of diverse natures (referring to the egg's essence and the peacock) (in/of two of diverse natures; two of diverse natures)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed; surely; because)

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only; indeed; just; precisely)

• बर्ह्यण्डरसबर्हिते (barhyaṇḍarasabarhite) - in the manifested peacock which is constituted by that essence (in that which is adorned by the essence of a peacock's egg; in the peacock developed from the egg's essence)

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रपिच्छिकापुञ्जः (vicitrapicchikāpuñjaḥ) - the collection of varied and colorful feathers (a mass/collection of variegated/diverse feathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicitrapicchikāpuñja

vicitrapicchikāpuñja - mass of variegated feathers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicitra+picchikā+puñja)

• vicitra – variegated; diverse; wonderful; strange
  adjective (neuter)
• picchikā – peacock's feather; brush
  noun (feminine)
• puñja – mass; heap; collection; cluster
  noun (masculine)

मयूराण्डरसे (mayūrāṇḍarase) - in the vital essence or potential contained within a peacock's egg (in the essence/liquid of a peacock's egg)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mayūrāṇḍarasa

mayūrāṇḍarasa - essence/liquid of a peacock's egg

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mayūra+aṇḍa+rasa)

• mayūra – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• aṇḍa – egg
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – essence; liquid; taste; juice; emotion
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as; as; like)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (reiterating the comparison) (just as; as; like)

(indeclinable)

नानात्मिके (nānātmike) - in/of two entities which are of diverse natures (referring to the egg's essence and the peacock) (in/of two of diverse natures; two of diverse natures)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, dual of nānātmika

nānātmika - of diverse natures; manifold; various

Derived from 'nānā' (diverse) and 'ātman' (nature/self), with suffix '-ika'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+ātman)

• nānā – various; manifold; diverse
  indeclinable
• ātman – self; soul; spirit; essence; nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Could also be nominative or vocative dual.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed; surely; because)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (only; indeed; just; precisely)

(indeclinable)

बर्ह्यण्डरसबर्हिते (barhyaṇḍarasabarhite) - in the manifested peacock which is constituted by that essence (in that which is adorned by the essence of a peacock's egg; in the peacock developed from the egg's essence)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of barhyaṇḍarasabarhita

barhyaṇḍarasabarhita - adorned/manifested by the essence of a peacock's egg

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (barhi+aṇḍa+rasa+barhita)

• barhi – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• aṇḍa – egg
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – essence; liquid; taste; juice
  noun (masculine)
• barhita – adorned with feathers; manifested; grown
  past passive participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bṛh' (to grow, manifest) or related to 'barhi' (feather/peacock).
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Adjective used substantively.