योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-99, verse-5

यथा विराट् प्रयतते बालखिल्यास्तथैव खे ।
बालमुष्ट्यल्पकायेऽपि पश्याहंकृतिजृम्भितम् ॥ ५ ॥

yathā virāṭ prayatate bālakhilyāstathaiva khe ,
bālamuṣṭyalpakāye'pi paśyāhaṃkṛtijṛmbhitam 5

5. yathā virāṭ prayatate bālakhilyāḥ tathā eva khe
bālamuṣṭyalpakāye api paśya ahaṃkṛtijṛmbhitam

5. yathā virāṭ prayatate,
tathā eva bālakhilyāḥ khe bālamuṣṭyalpakāye api ahaṃkṛtijṛmbhitam paśya

5. Just as the Cosmic Person (virāṭ) strives, so too do the Bālakhilyas (sages) in the sky. Behold the burgeoning of ego (ahaṅkāra) even in a body as tiny as a child's fist.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• विराट् (virāṭ) - the Cosmic Person, universal form, shining

• प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, endeavors, attempts

• बालखिल्याः (bālakhilyāḥ) - the Bālakhilyas (a class of sages)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, exactly

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• बालमुष्ट्यल्पकाये (bālamuṣṭyalpakāye) - in a body as small as a child's fist

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• अहंकृतिजृम्भितम् (ahaṁkṛtijṛmbhitam) - the expansion/manifestation of ego (ahaṅkāra)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

विराट् (virāṭ) - the Cosmic Person, universal form, shining

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭ

virāṭ - shining, supreme ruler, the Cosmic Person (virāṭ), universal form

derived from root 'rāj' (to shine, rule) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, endeavors, attempts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of prayat

Present Tense

root 'yat' (to strive) with prefix 'pra', 3rd person singular middle

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

बालखिल्याः (bālakhilyāḥ) - the Bālakhilyas (a class of sages)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bālakhilya

bālakhilya - Bālakhilyas (a class of 60,000 minute sages, thumb-sized, born of Brahmā's body)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, zero, aperture

बालमुष्ट्यल्पकाये (bālamuṣṭyalpakāye) - in a body as small as a child's fist

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bālamuṣṭyalpakāya

bālamuṣṭyalpakāya - having a body as small as a child's fist or a handful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bālamuṣṭi+alpa+kāya)

• bālamuṣṭi – child's fist, a handful (as much as a child can hold in a fist)
  noun (feminine)
• alpa – small, little, few
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative Mood

root 'dṛś' (class 1 'paś'), 2nd person singular active imperative

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अहंकृतिजृम्भितम् (ahaṁkṛtijṛmbhitam) - the expansion/manifestation of ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ahaṃkṛtijṛmbhita

ahaṁkṛtijṛmbhita - the expansion or manifestation of ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃkṛti+jṛmbhita)

• ahaṃkṛti – egoism, ego, self-consciousness (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (feminine)
  derived from 'aham' (I) + 'kṛti' (making, doing)
• jṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, yawned, stretched
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'jṛmbh' (to expand, to yawn)
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)