योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-34

नृत्तलोककराकारखगावलनजालकैः ।
मानसूत्रैरिव विधेरन्यद्रचयतो जगत् ॥ ३४ ॥

nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālakaiḥ ,
mānasūtrairiva vidheranyadracayato jagat 34

34. nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālakaiḥ
mānasūtraiḥ iva vidheḥ anyat racayataḥ jagat

34. vidheḥ racayataḥ anyat jagat
nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālakaiḥ mānasūtraiḥ iva

34. This was another world that the Creator (vidhi) was shaping, as if using measuring cords woven from the patterns of bird flights, which resembled the hand gestures of dancing performers.

Words meanings summery:

• नृत्तलोककराकारखगावलनजालकैः (nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālakaiḥ) - Describing the intricate patterns or grids used for creation, likened to the coordinated movements of birds and dancers' hand gestures. (By networks of bird movements resembling the hand-shapes of dancing people.)

• मानसूत्रैः (mānasūtraiḥ) - Referring to conceptual or metaphorical tools used by the Creator for shaping the world. (By measuring cords/lines.)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• विधेः (vidheḥ) - Referring to Brahma, the Hindu deity of creation, as the agent of world-shaping. (Of the Creator, of destiny, of Brahma.)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - Indicating that the described world is distinct or new. (another, different, other.)

• रचयतः (racayataḥ) - Describing the Creator (vidhi) in the act of forming the world. (creating, making, arranging.)

• जगत् (jagat) - The entire cosmos or creation being described in the verses. (world, universe, all that moves.)

Words meanings and morphology

नृत्तलोककराकारखगावलनजालकैः (nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālakaiḥ) - Describing the intricate patterns or grids used for creation, likened to the coordinated movements of birds and dancers' hand gestures. (By networks of bird movements resembling the hand-shapes of dancing people.)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālaka

nṛttalokakarākārakhagāvalanajālaka - Networks/arrays of bird flights (avalana) having the form/shape (ākāra) of the hands (kara) of dancing (nṛtta) people/world (loka).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nṛttalokakarākāra+khaga+avalana+jālaka)

• nṛtta – danced, dancing
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √nṛt (to dance)
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• kara – hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• khaga – bird (lit. sky-goer)
  noun (masculine)
• avalana – movement, flight, descent, spreading
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √val (to move, turn) with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: val (class 1)
• jālaka – net, lattice, cluster, array, network
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'mānasūtraiḥ' indirectly, describing the nature of the 'measuring cords'.

मानसूत्रैः (mānasūtraiḥ) - Referring to conceptual or metaphorical tools used by the Creator for shaping the world. (By measuring cords/lines.)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of mānasūtra

mānasūtra - measuring cord, line, rule

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māna+sūtra)

• māna – measurement, measure, standard
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √mā (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 2)
• sūtra – thread, string, rule, aphorism
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used instrumentally with 'iva' to describe the means of creation.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

विधेः (vidheḥ) - Referring to Brahma, the Hindu deity of creation, as the agent of world-shaping. (Of the Creator, of destiny, of Brahma.)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, ordinance, fate, Creator (Brahma)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'racayataḥ'.

अन्यत् (anyat) - Indicating that the described world is distinct or new. (another, different, other.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

रचयतः (racayataḥ) - Describing the Creator (vidhi) in the act of forming the world. (creating, making, arranging.)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of racayat

racayat - creating, making, arranging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √rac (to arrange, create) in the 10th class.

Root: rac (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'vidheḥ'.

जगत् (jagat) - The entire cosmos or creation being described in the verses. (world, universe, all that moves.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, people, all that moves

Derived from root √gam (to go) as a present active participle, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The primary subject being described in this and subsequent verses.