योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-29

यथैतत्प्रतिभामात्रं जगत्सर्गावभासनम् ।
तथैतत्प्रतिभामात्रं क्षणकल्पावभासनम् ॥ २९ ॥

yathaitatpratibhāmātraṃ jagatsargāvabhāsanam ,
tathaitatpratibhāmātraṃ kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsanam 29

29. yathā etat pratibhāmātram jagatsargāvabhāsanam
tathā etat pratibhāmātram kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsanam

29. yathā etat jagatsargāvabhāsanam pratibhāmātram,
tathā etat kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsanam pratibhāmātram

29. Just as this appearance of the world's creation (jagat) is merely a perception, so too is the appearance of a single moment lasting an entire aeon (kalpa) merely a perception.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in the manner that)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रतिभामात्रम् (pratibhāmātram) - merely a perception (merely an appearance, perception only)

• जगत्सर्गावभासनम् (jagatsargāvabhāsanam) - the appearance of the world's creation (the appearance of the creation of the world)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रतिभामात्रम् (pratibhāmātram) - merely a perception (merely an appearance, perception only)

• क्षणकल्पावभासनम् (kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsanam) - the appearance of a moment lasting an entire aeon (the appearance of a moment as a kalpa (aeon))

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

प्रतिभामात्रम् (pratibhāmātram) - merely a perception (merely an appearance, perception only)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhāmātra

pratibhāmātra - mere appearance, perception only, seeming only

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratibhā+mātra)

• pratibhā – appearance, manifestation, perception, insight
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from prati-bhā
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• mātra – only, mere, just, measuring, equal to
  adjective (neuter)

जगत्सर्गावभासनम् (jagatsargāvabhāsanam) - the appearance of the world's creation (the appearance of the creation of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagatsargāvabhāsana

jagatsargāvabhāsana - appearance of world-creation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jagat+sarga+avabhāsana)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present participle of √gam, used as noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √sṛj
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• avabhāsana – shining forth, manifestation, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from ava-bhās
  Prefix: ava
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Nom./Acc. singular neuter, serving as predicate for 'etat'.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

प्रतिभामात्रम् (pratibhāmātram) - merely a perception (merely an appearance, perception only)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhāmātra

pratibhāmātra - mere appearance, perception only, seeming only

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratibhā+mātra)

• pratibhā – appearance, manifestation, perception, insight
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from prati-bhā
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• mātra – only, mere, just, measuring, equal to
  adjective (neuter)

क्षणकल्पावभासनम् (kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsanam) - the appearance of a moment lasting an entire aeon (the appearance of a moment as a kalpa (aeon))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsana

kṣaṇakalpāvabhāsana - appearance of a moment as an aeon

Compound type : karmadhāraya-tatpuruṣa (kṣaṇa+kalpa+avabhāsana)

• kṣaṇa – a moment, instant
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – an aeon, a very long period
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √kḷp
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• avabhāsana – shining forth, manifestation, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from ava-bhās
  Prefix: ava
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Nom./Acc. singular neuter, serving as predicate for 'etat'.