योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-40

मायाचूर्णपरिक्षेपाद्यथा व्योम्नि पुरभ्रमः ।
तथा संविदि संसारः सारोऽसारश्च भासते ॥ ४० ॥

māyācūrṇaparikṣepādyathā vyomni purabhramaḥ ,
tathā saṃvidi saṃsāraḥ sāro'sāraśca bhāsate 40

40. māyācūrṇaparikṣepāt yathā vyomni purabhramaḥ
tathā saṃvidi saṃsāraḥ sāraḥ asāraḥ ca bhāsate

40. yathā māyācūrṇaparikṣepāt vyomni purabhramaḥ [asti],
tathā saṃvidi saṃsāraḥ sāraḥ ca asāraḥ [ca] bhāsate

40. Just as an illusion of a city appears in the sky due to the sprinkling of the powder of illusion (māyā), similarly, in consciousness (saṃvid), the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) appears as both real and unreal.

Words meanings summery:

• मायाचूर्णपरिक्षेपात् (māyācūrṇaparikṣepāt) - due to the sprinkling of the powder of illusion

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• पुरभ्रमः (purabhramaḥ) - illusion of a city, city-illusion

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• संविदि (saṁvidi) - in consciousness, in knowledge

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of rebirth, transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)

• सारः (sāraḥ) - real, substantial, essential

• असारः (asāraḥ) - unreal, unsubstantial, worthless

• च (ca) - and

• भासते (bhāsate) - appears, shines, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

मायाचूर्णपरिक्षेपात् (māyācūrṇaparikṣepāt) - due to the sprinkling of the powder of illusion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of māyācūrṇaparikṣepa

māyācūrṇaparikṣepa - scattering of the powder of illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māyā+cūrṇa+parikṣepa)

• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion (māyā)
  noun (feminine)
• cūrṇa – powder, dust
  noun (neuter)
• parikṣepa – scattering, sprinkling, throwing around
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣip (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

पुरभ्रमः (purabhramaḥ) - illusion of a city, city-illusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purabhrama

purabhrama - illusion of a city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+bhrama)

• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – illusion, error, wandering, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

संविदि (saṁvidi) - in consciousness, in knowledge

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of rebirth, transmigratory existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of rebirth, transmigratory existence, worldly illusion (saṃsāra)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सारः (sāraḥ) - real, substantial, essential

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, pith, real, substantial, firm

असारः (asāraḥ) - unreal, unsubstantial, worthless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asāra

asāra - without essence, unsubstantial, worthless, unreal

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sāra – essence, substance, real
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भासते (bhāsate) - appears, shines, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhās

Root: bhās (class 1)