योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-208, verse-12

बालसंकल्पपुरवद्व्योमकेशोण्ड्रकादिवत् ।
किलैते सदसद्रूपा भान्ति सर्गाश्चिदात्मनि ॥ १२ ॥

bālasaṃkalpapuravadvyomakeśoṇḍrakādivat ,
kilaite sadasadrūpā bhānti sargāścidātmani 12

12. bālasaṃkalpapuravat vyomakeśauṇḍrakādivat
kila ete sadasadrūpāḥ bhānti sargāḥ cidātmani

12. kila ete sadasadrūpāḥ sargāḥ bālasaṃkalpapuravat vyomakeśauṇḍrakādivat cidātmani bhānti.

12. Indeed, these creations, manifesting in forms of both existence and non-existence, shine forth in the conscious Self (ātman), just like a city imagined by a child or the specks seen by someone with eye-floaters (vyomakeśauṇḍrakādi).

Words meanings summery:

• बालसंकल्पपुरवत् (bālasaṁkalpapuravat) - like a child's imaginary city

• व्योमकेशौण्ड्रकादिवत् (vyomakeśauṇḍrakādivat) - like the specks (muscae volitantes) seen by someone with sky-hair/eye-floaters, and so on

• किल (kila) - indeed, verily

• एते (ete) - these

• सदसद्रूपाः (sadasadrūpāḥ) - having the forms of existence and non-existence, real and unreal

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, worlds

• चिदात्मनि (cidātmani) - in the conscious Self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

बालसंकल्पपुरवत् (bālasaṁkalpapuravat) - like a child's imaginary city

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāla+saṃkalpapura)

• bāla – child, young, immature
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkalpapura – imaginary city
  noun (neuter)

Note: Suffix -vat (like, as) applied to the compound bālasaṃkalpapura.

व्योमकेशौण्ड्रकादिवत् (vyomakeśauṇḍrakādivat) - like the specks (muscae volitantes) seen by someone with sky-hair/eye-floaters, and so on

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva/tatpurusha (vyomakeśa+uṇḍraka+ādi)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• uṇḍraka – a worm, an insect, a small moving particle
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

Note: Suffix -vat (like, as) applied to the compound vyomakeśauṇḍrakādi.

किल (kila) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to sargāḥ.

सदसद्रूपाः (sadasadrūpāḥ) - having the forms of existence and non-existence, real and unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadasadrūpa

sadasadrūpa - having the nature or form of both being (sat) and non-being (asat)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (sat+asat+rūpa)

• sat – being, existent, real, good; the existent
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-being, non-existent, unreal, bad; the non-existent
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Particdiple (negative)
  From root as (to be) with 'a' negation.
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies sargāḥ.

भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they manifest

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root bhā.

Root: bhā (class 2)

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, worlds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, chapter

From root sṛj (to create, emit).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject of bhānti.

चिदात्मनि (cidātmani) - in the conscious Self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cidātman

cidātman - the conscious Self, the Self that is consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ātman)

• cit – consciousness, pure thought, spirit
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ātman – Self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Location where creations appear.