योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-82, verse-22

मिथ्यैव मे विवल्गन्ति नीरूपा नयनादयः ।
अलातचक्रप्रतिमाः सर्परज्जुभ्रमोपमाः ॥ २२ ॥

mithyaiva me vivalganti nīrūpā nayanādayaḥ ,
alātacakrapratimāḥ sarparajjubhramopamāḥ 22

22. mithyā eva me vivasalganti nirūpāḥ nayana-ādayaḥ |
alāta-cakra-pratimāḥ sarpa-rajju-bhrama-upamāḥ ||

22. me nirūpāḥ nayanādayaḥ mithyā eva vivasalganti.
alāta-cakra-pratimāḥ sarpa-rajju-bhrama-upamāḥ (ca santi).

22. My formless eyes and other sense organs indeed delude me. They are comparable to the illusory circle formed by a whirling firebrand, and resemble the mistaken perception of a rope as a snake.

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, illusory

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• विवसल्गन्ति (vivasalganti) - they delude, they appear deceptively (they leap, they prance, they appear (illusorily), they function (deceptively))

• निरूपाः (nirūpāḥ) - formless, without form

• नयन-आदयः (nayana-ādayaḥ) - eyes and other sense organs (eyes and so on, beginning with the eyes)

• अलात-चक्र-प्रतिमाः (alāta-cakra-pratimāḥ) - comparable to the illusory circle formed by a whirling firebrand (resembling a firebrand circle)

• सर्प-रज्जु-भ्रम-उपमाः (sarpa-rajju-bhrama-upamāḥ) - comparable to the mistaken perception of a rope as a snake (resembling the illusion of a snake for a rope)

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, illusory

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form.

विवसल्गन्ति (vivasalganti) - they delude, they appear deceptively (they leap, they prance, they appear (illusorily), they function (deceptively))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of valg

Prefix: vi

Root: valg (class 1)

निरूपाः (nirūpāḥ) - formless, without form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirūpa

nirūpa - formless, invisible, without form or shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+rūpa)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with nayana-ādayaḥ.

नयन-आदयः (nayana-ādayaḥ) - eyes and other sense organs (eyes and so on, beginning with the eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nayanādi

nayanādi - eyes and other (sense organs), beginning with the eyes

Compound type : dvandva (nayana+ādi)

• nayana – eye, leading
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from √nī + ana
  Root: nī (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

अलात-चक्र-प्रतिमाः (alāta-cakra-pratimāḥ) - comparable to the illusory circle formed by a whirling firebrand (resembling a firebrand circle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alātacakrapratimā

alātacakrapratimā - resembling a firebrand circle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / upamā (alāta+cakra+pratimā)

• alāta – firebrand, half-burnt wood
  noun (neuter)
• cakra – wheel, disc, circle
  noun (neuter)
• pratimā – likeness, image, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with nayana-ādayaḥ.

सर्प-रज्जु-भ्रम-उपमाः (sarpa-rajju-bhrama-upamāḥ) - comparable to the mistaken perception of a rope as a snake (resembling the illusion of a snake for a rope)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarparajjubhramopamā

sarparajjubhramopamā - resembling the illusion of a snake in a rope

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / upamā (sarpa+rajju+bhrama+upamā)

• sarpa – snake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• rajju – rope
  noun (feminine)
• bhrama – error, illusion, delusion, whirling
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• upamā – comparison, simile, resemblance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with nayana-ādayaḥ.