योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-41

मायेयं स्वप्नवद्भ्रान्तिर्मिथ्यारचितचक्रिका ।
मनोराज्यमिवालोलसलिलावर्तसुन्दरी ॥ ४१ ॥

māyeyaṃ svapnavadbhrāntirmithyāracitacakrikā ,
manorājyamivālolasalilāvartasundarī 41

41. māyā iyam svapnavat bhrāntiḥ mithyāracitacakrikā
manaḥrājyam iva alolasalilāvartasundarī

41. Iyam māyā svapnavat bhrāntiḥ,
mithyāracitacakrikā,
alolasalilāvartasundarī manaḥrājyam iva (asti).

41. This illusion (māyā) is a delusion, like a dream, a falsely constructed cycle. It is as beautiful as a mental kingdom (daydream) with its unstable, swirling waters.

Words meanings summery:

• माया (māyā) - the cosmic illusion (māyā) that makes the impermanent appear real (illusion, magical power, unreality)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine, referring to māyā) (this, she)

• स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - resembling a dream in its illusory nature (like a dream, dream-like)

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - a state of delusion or illusion (delusion, error, confusion, wandering)

• मिथ्यारचितचक्रिका (mithyāracitacakrikā) - a deceptive, fabricated cycle of existence (a falsely constructed wheel/cycle)

• मनःराज्यम् (manaḥrājyam) - a kingdom existing only in the mind (mental kingdom, daydream, fancy)

• इव (iva) - indicates comparison, 'like' (like, as, as if)

• अलोलसलिलावर्तसुन्दरी (alolasalilāvartasundarī) - appealing despite or because of its inherent instability (beautiful with unsteady water-swirls)

Words meanings and morphology

माया (māyā) - the cosmic illusion (māyā) that makes the impermanent appear real (illusion, magical power, unreality)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, unreality, deception, phenomenal world

Root: mā (class 2)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine, referring to māyā) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Feminine nominative singular of idam.

स्वप्नवत् (svapnavat) - resembling a dream in its illusory nature (like a dream, dream-like)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat added to svapna (dream)

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - a state of delusion or illusion (delusion, error, confusion, wandering)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - delusion, error, confusion, wandering, mistake

derived from root bhrāmś with suffix -ti

Root: bhrāmś (class 1)

मिथ्यारचितचक्रिका (mithyāracitacakrikā) - a deceptive, fabricated cycle of existence (a falsely constructed wheel/cycle)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mithyāracitacakrikā

mithyāracitacakrikā - falsely constructed wheel/cycle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+racita+cakrikā)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue
  indeclinable
• racita – constructed, created, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rac 'to make, arrange'
  Root: rac (class 10)
• cakrikā – a small wheel, cycle, series
  noun (feminine)

Note: Compound adjective modifying 'māyā'.

मनःराज्यम् (manaḥrājyam) - a kingdom existing only in the mind (mental kingdom, daydream, fancy)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manaḥrājya

manaḥrājya - mental kingdom, daydream

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (manas+rājya)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• rājya – kingdom, realm, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular, comparing māyā to a daydream.

इव (iva) - indicates comparison, 'like' (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अलोलसलिलावर्तसुन्दरी (alolasalilāvartasundarī) - appealing despite or because of its inherent instability (beautiful with unsteady water-swirls)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alolasalilāvartasundarī

alolasalilāvartasundarī - beautiful with unsteady water-swirls

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alola+salila+āvarta+sundarī)

• alola – unsteady, wavering, agitated
  adjective
  a (negation) + lola (wavering)
  Prefix: a
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, swirl, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• sundarī – beautiful woman, beautiful
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'māyā' and 'manaḥrājyam'. Feminine nominative singular.