योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-127, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथा संकल्परचिता शिशोर्व्योमनि तिष्ठति ।
वीटा चिन्मात्रबालेन कल्पितो भूस्तथाम्बरे ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathā saṃkalparacitā śiśorvyomani tiṣṭhati ,
vīṭā cinmātrabālena kalpito bhūstathāmbare 2

2. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yathā saṅkalpa-racitā śiśoḥ vyomani
tiṣṭhati vīṭā cit-mātra-bālena kalpitaḥ bhūḥ tathā ambare

2. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yathā śiśoḥ saṅkalpa-racitā vīṭā vyomani
tiṣṭhati tathā cit-mātra-bālena bhūḥ ambare kalpitaḥ

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as a child's toy, created by their imagination, exists in the sky, so too is the earth (bhūḥ) conceived in space (ambara) by the child of pure consciousness (cit-mātra).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - introduces a simile (just as, as, like)

• सङ्कल्प-रचिता (saṅkalpa-racitā) - created by imagination, mentally constructed

• शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of a child

• व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, exists, remains, is situated

• वीटा (vīṭā) - refers to something insubstantial yet perceived (toy, plaything, game)

• चित्-मात्र-बालेन (cit-mātra-bālena) - refers to the individual consciousness (jīva) that, in its deluded state, projects the world; a child-like state of consciousness. (by the child of pure consciousness, by the child who is merely consciousness)

• कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - projected into existence mentally (imagined, created, conceived, fabricated)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - the physical world as a projection (earth, land, world)

• तथा (tathā) - introduces the second part of the simile (so, similarly, thus)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, a revered Vedic sage, one of the Saptarṣis.

Compound.

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (past) (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active, 3rd person singular

From √vac (to speak), perfect tense (liṭ).

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - introduces a simile (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

From yad (which) + -thā (suffix for manner).

सङ्कल्प-रचिता (saṅkalpa-racitā) - created by imagination, mentally constructed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṅkalpa-racita

saṅkalpa-racita - created by imagination, mentally constructed, conceived

Compound.

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+racita)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, wish, imagination, mental creation
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + √kḷp (to arrange, create).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• racita – made, created, composed, arranged
  Past Passive Participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √rac (to make, prepare).
  Root: rac (class 10)

शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of a child

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young one

Note: Possessive, "a child's".

व्योमनि (vyomani) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

From vi + √yu (to unite, mix).

Prefix: vi

Root: yu (class 1)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, exists, remains, is situated

(verb)

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

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

From √sthā (to stand), 1st class verb (reduplicated root).

Root: sthā (class 1)

वीटा (vīṭā) - refers to something insubstantial yet perceived (toy, plaything, game)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vīṭā

vīṭā - a toy, a plaything, a game, a street, a road

चित्-मात्र-बालेन (cit-mātra-bālena) - refers to the individual consciousness (jīva) that, in its deluded state, projects the world; a child-like state of consciousness. (by the child of pure consciousness, by the child who is merely consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of cit-mātra-bāla

cit-mātra-bāla - child of pure consciousness, child whose essence is consciousness

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit-mātra+bāla)

• cit-mātra – pure consciousness, mere consciousness, absolute consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Compound.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• bāla – child, boy, young, ignorant
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bal (class 10)

Note: Agent of kalpitaḥ.

कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - projected into existence mentally (imagined, created, conceived, fabricated)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpita

kalpita - imagined, created, formed, arranged, conceived

Past Passive Participle

From √kḷp (to arrange, create) + -ta.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for bhūḥ (understood as bhūlokaḥ).

भूः (bhūḥ) - the physical world as a projection (earth, land, world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, ground, world, place of being

From √bhū (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of kalpitaḥ.

तथा (tathā) - introduces the second part of the simile (so, similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -thā (suffix for manner).

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, garment

Root: amb (class 1)