योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-33

इदं चित्तेच्छयोदेति लीयते तदनिच्छया ।
मिथ्यैवं दृश्यते स्फीतं गन्धर्वनगरं यथा ॥ ३३ ॥

idaṃ cittecchayodeti līyate tadanicchayā ,
mithyaivaṃ dṛśyate sphītaṃ gandharvanagaraṃ yathā 33

33. idam citta-icchayā udeti līyate tat anicchayā
mithyā evam dṛśyate sphītam gandharvanagaram yathā

33. idam citta-icchayā udeti,
tat anicchayā līyate.
evam mithyā sphītam gandharvanagaram yathā dṛśyate.

33. This (world) arises by the mind's desire and dissolves when that desire is absent. It is thus seen as vast and illusory, just like a mirage-city (gandharvanagara).

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world or mental projection) (this)

• चित्त-इच्छया (citta-icchayā) - by the desire of the individual consciousness (by the mind's desire)

• उदेति (udeti) - comes into existence, manifests (arises, comes forth)

• लीयते (līyate) - ceases to exist, vanishes (dissolves, merges, disappears)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring back to 'idam', the phenomenal world) (that)

• अनिच्छया (anicchayā) - by the absence of will or desire (without desire, by lack of desire)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - in an illusory or unreal manner (falsely, illusorily, incorrectly)

• एवम् (evam) - in this way (as an illusion, as described) (thus, in this manner)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived, manifests itself (is seen, appears)

• स्फीतम् (sphītam) - appearing extensive and immense (vast, expanded, swollen)

• गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - an illusory city appearing in the sky, like a mirage (city of Gandharvas, mirage-city)

• यथा (yathā) - serves to introduce a comparison (just as, like, as)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world or mental projection) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Subject of the sentence.

चित्त-इच्छया (citta-icchayā) - by the desire of the individual consciousness (by the mind's desire)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of citta-icchā

citta-icchā - mind's desire, will of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+icchā)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• icchā – desire, wish, will
  noun (feminine)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Indicates the cause or agent for the arising.

उदेति (udeti) - comes into existence, manifests (arises, comes forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of udeti

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

लीयते (līyate) - ceases to exist, vanishes (dissolves, merges, disappears)

(verb)

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

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: From root lī (to cling, dissolve), used in middle voice here.

तत् (tat) - that (referring back to 'idam', the phenomenal world) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Subject of the second clause, coreferent with 'idam'.

अनिच्छया (anicchayā) - by the absence of will or desire (without desire, by lack of desire)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of anicchā

anicchā - absence of desire, non-desire

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+icchā)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• icchā – desire, wish, will
  noun (feminine)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Indicates the cause or agent for dissolution.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - in an illusory or unreal manner (falsely, illusorily, incorrectly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial, modifying 'dṛśyate'.

एवम् (evam) - in this way (as an illusion, as described) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial, connecting to the previous statement.

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived, manifests itself (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛśyate

Passive voice of root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्फीतम् (sphītam) - appearing extensive and immense (vast, expanded, swollen)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphīta

sphīta - vast, expanded, swollen, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

From root sphā (to swell).

Root: sphā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'idam' (understood subject of 'dṛśyate').

गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - an illusory city appearing in the sky, like a mirage (city of Gandharvas, mirage-city)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gandharvanagara

gandharvanagara - city of Gandharvas, mirage-city, illusory city

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gandharva+nagara)

• gandharva – celestial musician, Gandharva
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in a simile, it is the object of comparison.

यथा (yathā) - serves to introduce a comparison (just as, like, as)

(indeclinable)