योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-35

भूमेरार्कगतं नीतैः पिशाचैरान्त्रतन्तुभिः ।
मिमानमिव दिक्कुञ्जैस्तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधो जगत् ॥ ३५ ॥

bhūmerārkagataṃ nītaiḥ piśācairāntratantubhiḥ ,
mimānamiva dikkuñjaistiryagūrdhvamadho jagat 35

35. bhūmeḥ arkagatam nītaiḥ piśācaiḥ āntratantubhiḥ
mimānam iva dikkuñjaiḥ tiryāk ūrdhvam adhaḥ jagat

35. jagat bhūmeḥ arkagatam piśācaiḥ āntratantubhiḥ
nītaiḥ dikkuñjaiḥ tiryāk ūrdhvam adhaḥ iva mimānam

35. This world, led by ghouls with threads of entrails from the earth up to the sun, seemed to measure itself horizontally, upwards, and downwards across the boundaries of the directions.

Words meanings summery:

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - Indicating the starting point or origin of the cosmic process described. (From the earth.)

• अर्कगतम् (arkagatam) - Describing the vast extent of the world, reaching from earth all the way to the sun. (Reaching the sun, sun-bound.)

• नीतैः (nītaiḥ) - Modifies 'piśācaiḥ', indicating the state of the ghouls as leading or having led things. (By those who were led/carried.)

• पिशाचैः (piśācaiḥ) - The agents performing the gruesome act of leading the world from earth to sun. (By ghouls, by demons, by flesh-eaters.)

• आन्त्रतन्तुभिः (āntratantubhiḥ) - The macabre instruments used by the ghouls for leading the world. (By threads of entrails.)

• मिमानम् (mimānam) - The world (jagāt) itself appearing to define or delineate its own vast dimensions. (Measuring, making, construing.)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as.

• दिक्कुञ्जैः (dikkuñjaiḥ) - Referring to the spatial boundaries or confines of the cardinal and intermediate directions, used metaphorically as tools for 'measuring'. (By the corners of the directions, by the thickets of space.)

• तिर्याक् (tiryāk) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (horizontally, sideways, obliquely.)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (upwards, above, high.)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (downwards, below, underneath.)

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

Words meanings and morphology

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - Indicating the starting point or origin of the cosmic process described. (From the earth.)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Indicates separation or origin.

अर्कगतम् (arkagatam) - Describing the vast extent of the world, reaching from earth all the way to the sun. (Reaching the sun, sun-bound.)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arkagata

arkagata - gone to the sun, sun-bound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arka+gata)

• arka – sun, ray, fire
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, reached, attained
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

नीतैः (nītaiḥ) - Modifies 'piśācaiḥ', indicating the state of the ghouls as leading or having led things. (By those who were led/carried.)

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nīta

nīta - led, carried, guided

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √nī (to lead, carry)

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'piśācaiḥ', implying the ghouls were the ones doing the leading.

पिशाचैः (piśācaiḥ) - The agents performing the gruesome act of leading the world from earth to sun. (By ghouls, by demons, by flesh-eaters.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of piśāca

piśāca - ghoul, demon, imp, flesh-eater

Note: Indicates the agent by which something is done.

आन्त्रतन्तुभिः (āntratantubhiḥ) - The macabre instruments used by the ghouls for leading the world. (By threads of entrails.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āntratantu

āntratantu - thread of entrails, intestinal cord

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (āntra+tantu)

• āntra – entrails, intestines
  noun (neuter)
• tantu – thread, string, filament
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the instrument used by the ghouls.

मिमानम् (mimānam) - The world (jagāt) itself appearing to define or delineate its own vast dimensions. (Measuring, making, construing.)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mimāṇa

mimāṇa - measuring, forming, construing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root √mā (to measure, form) with reduplication.

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat', suggesting the world is performing this action.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as.

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

दिक्कुञ्जैः (dikkuñjaiḥ) - Referring to the spatial boundaries or confines of the cardinal and intermediate directions, used metaphorically as tools for 'measuring'. (By the corners of the directions, by the thickets of space.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dikkuñja

dikkuñja - corners of the quarters, thicket/grove of directions

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dik+kuñja)

• dik – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
• kuñja – thicket, grove, bower, corner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the means or agency of 'measuring'.

तिर्याक् (tiryāk) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (horizontally, sideways, obliquely.)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of direction.

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (upwards, above, high.)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of direction.

अधः (adhaḥ) - One of the three dimensions in which the world extends or is measured. (downwards, below, underneath.)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of direction.

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, taking 'arkagatam' and 'mimānam' as predicates.