योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-70

गान्धर्वी नगरी तन्वी सुखदुःखादिभावना ।
स्फुरति त्वत्प्रसादेन त्वयि दृष्टे विलीयते ॥ ७० ॥

gāndharvī nagarī tanvī sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā ,
sphurati tvatprasādena tvayi dṛṣṭe vilīyate 70

70. gāndharvī nagarī tanvī sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā
sphurati tvatprasādena tvayi dṛṣṭe vilīyate

70. gāndharvī nagarī tanvī sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā
tvatprasādena sphurati tvayi dṛṣṭe vilīyate

70. The subtle mirage-like city, which is the mental construct of happiness, sorrow, and other such dualities, manifests through Your grace. When You are realized, it completely dissolves.

Words meanings summery:

• गान्धर्वी (gāndharvī) - belonging to Gandharvas, illusory, mirage-like

• नगरी (nagarī) - city, town

• तन्वी (tanvī) - subtle, slender, delicate, ephemeral

• सुखदुःखादिभावना (sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā) - the mental construct/imagination of happiness, sorrow, etc.

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests, flashes, throbs, appears

• त्वत्प्रसादेन (tvatprasādena) - by Your grace, through Your favor

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, upon you, when you

• दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - seen, perceived, understood

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, disappears, merges

Words meanings and morphology

गान्धर्वी (gāndharvī) - belonging to Gandharvas, illusory, mirage-like

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gāndharva

gāndharva - relating to Gandharvas, celestial musician, musical, illusory, mirage-like

नगरी (nagarī) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

तन्वी (tanvī) - subtle, slender, delicate, ephemeral

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, delicate, slender, subtle, minute

सुखदुःखादिभावना (sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā) - the mental construct/imagination of happiness, sorrow, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā

sukhaduḥkhādibhāvanā - the mental construct/imagination of happiness, sorrow, etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+duḥkha+ādi+bhāvanā)

• sukha – happiness, joy, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• bhāvanā – conception, imagination, meditation, cultivation, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests, flashes, throbs, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of sphur

Root: sphur (class 6)

त्वत्प्रसादेन (tvatprasādena) - by Your grace, through Your favor

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvatprasāda

tvatprasāda - Your grace, Your favor

Compound type : tatpurusha (tvat+prasāda)

• tvat – you (ablative stem of yuşmad, used in compounds to mean 'your')
  pronoun
• prasāda – grace, favor, clarity, serenity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sad (class 1)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, upon you, when you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - seen, perceived, understood

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

root dṛś + kta suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: used in locative absolute construction

विलीयते (vilīyate) - dissolves, disappears, merges

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of lī

passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

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