योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-39

हयद्विपरथाकारैर्यद्वत्खे दृश्यतेऽम्बुदः ।
तद्वदालोक्यसे देव पदार्थशतविभ्रमैः ॥ ३९ ॥

hayadviparathākārairyadvatkhe dṛśyate'mbudaḥ ,
tadvadālokyase deva padārthaśatavibhramaiḥ 39

39. haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ yadvat khe dṛśyate ambudaḥ
tadvat ālokyase deva padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ

39. yadvat ambudaḥ khe haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ dṛśyate
tadvat deva padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ ālokyase

39. Just as a cloud in the sky appears in various forms like horses, elephants, and chariots, so too, O Lord (deva), you are perceived through hundreds of illusory appearances of objects.

Words meanings summery:

• हय-द्विप-रथ-आकारैः (haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ) - by the shapes of various animals and vehicles imagined from clouds (by forms of horses, elephants, and chariots)

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - introducing a comparison (just as, as, like)

• खे (khe) - the physical sky where clouds are seen (in the sky, in space)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived visually (is seen, appears)

• अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - a cloud, which changes shape (cloud (giver of water))

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - indicating the analogous situation (similarly, so, thus)

• आलोक्यसे (ālokyase) - you, the Supreme Self, are perceived (you are seen, you appear)

• देव (deva) - Addressing the Supreme Being (O God, O Lord, O divine one)

• पदार्थ-शत-विभ्रमैः (padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ) - by the manifold illusory perceptions of various phenomena (by hundreds of illusions of objects, by the delusions of a hundred categories)

Words meanings and morphology

हय-द्विप-रथ-आकारैः (haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ) - by the shapes of various animals and vehicles imagined from clouds (by forms of horses, elephants, and chariots)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāra

haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāra - having the shapes of horses, elephants, and chariots

Tatpuruṣa compound (dvandva of haya, dvipa, ratha, then tatpurusha with ākāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+dvipa+ratha+ākāra)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• dvipa – elephant (drinker with two mouths, i.e., trunk)
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – shape, form, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Qualifies 'ambudaḥ' implicitly, referring to the forms by which the cloud is seen

यद्वत् (yadvat) - introducing a comparison (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from yad

Note: Corresponds to 'tadvat'

खे (khe) - the physical sky where clouds are seen (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, hole

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived visually (is seen, appears)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative, Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular

From root √dṛś (class 1), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - a cloud, which changes shape (cloud (giver of water))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Compound. From ambas (water) and da (giver, from √dā 'to give')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ambas+da)

• ambas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  From root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyate'

तद्वत् (tadvat) - indicating the analogous situation (similarly, so, thus)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad

आलोक्यसे (ālokyase) - you, the Supreme Self, are perceived (you are seen, you appear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of lok

Present Indicative, Passive Voice, 2nd Person Singular

From root √lok (class 10), with prefix ā, forming ālok (to look at, perceive). Passive form, 2nd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Refers to the divine addressee (Deva)

देव (deva) - Addressing the Supreme Being (O God, O Lord, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, lord

Vocative singular masculine of deva

पदार्थ-शत-विभ्रमैः (padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ) - by the manifold illusory perceptions of various phenomena (by hundreds of illusions of objects, by the delusions of a hundred categories)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of padārtha-śata-vibhrama

padārtha-śata-vibhrama - hundreds of illusions of objects; delusions of numerous categories

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+śata+vibhrama)

• padārtha – object, category, meaning of a word, substance
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pada (word) and artha (meaning)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• vibhrama – illusion, delusion, error, confusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix vi- + √bhram (to wander, to err)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Refers to the means by which the Lord is perceived