योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-36

गन्धर्वनगराकारा मृगतृष्णा इवोत्थिता ।
द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमाभासा द्वैतैकत्वविवर्जिता ॥ ३६ ॥

gandharvanagarākārā mṛgatṛṣṇā ivotthitā ,
dvicandravibhramābhāsā dvaitaikatvavivarjitā 36

36. gandharvanagarākārā mṛgatṛṣṇā iva utthitā
dvicandravibhramābhāsā dvaitaikatvavivarjitā

36. gandharvanagarākārā utthitā iva mṛgatṛṣṇā
dvicandravibhramābhāsā dvaitaikatvavivarjitā

36. It appears like a phantom city (gandharvanagara), arises like a mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā), shines like the illusion of two moons, and is devoid of both duality and non-duality (oneness).

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वनगराकारा (gandharvanagarākārā) - having the form of a phantom city, mirage-like city

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• उत्थिता (utthitā) - risen, appeared, manifested

• द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमाभासा (dvicandravibhramābhāsā) - having the appearance of the illusion of two moons

• द्वैतैकत्वविवर्जिता (dvaitaikatvavivarjitā) - devoid of duality and oneness/non-duality

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वनगराकारा (gandharvanagarākārā) - having the form of a phantom city, mirage-like city

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandharvanagarākārā

gandharvanagarākārā - having the form of a city of Gandharvas (a phantom or illusory city)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gandharvanagara+ākāra)

• gandharvanagara – city of Gandharvas (a mirage, an illusory city in the sky)
  noun (neuter)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage, deer's thirst

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇā

mṛgatṛṣṇā - mirage, deer's thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

उत्थिता (utthitā) - risen, appeared, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, arisen, appeared, produced, stood up

Past Passive Participle

From ut-√sthā

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

द्विचन्द्रविभ्रमाभासा (dvicandravibhramābhāsā) - having the appearance of the illusion of two moons

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvicandravibhramābhāsā

dvicandravibhramābhāsa - appearing like the illusion of two moons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvicandra+vibhrama+ābhāsa)

• dvicandra – two moons
  noun (masculine)
• vibhrama – illusion, error, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• ābhāsa – appearance, semblance, light, lustre
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhās (class 1)

द्वैतैकत्वविवर्जिता (dvaitaikatvavivarjitā) - devoid of duality and oneness/non-duality

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvaitaikatvavivarjitā

dvaitaikatvavivarjita - devoid of duality and oneness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvaitaikatva+vivarjita)

• dvaitaikatva – duality and oneness
  noun (neuter)
• vivarjita – abandoned, devoid of, free from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√vṛj
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

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