योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-100, verse-16

भ्रमाकृति यदस्तीह दृश्यतेऽलातचक्रवत् ।
मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रादिबालवेतालकादिवत् ॥ १६ ॥

bhramākṛti yadastīha dṛśyate'lātacakravat ,
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādibālavetālakādivat 16

16. bhramākṛti yat asti iha dṛśyate alātacakravat
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi bālaveṭālakādivat

16. yat iha asti bhramākṛti dṛśyate alātacakravat
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi bālaveṭālakādivat

16. What exists here and appears illusory is perceived just like the circle formed by a whirling firebrand, or like a mirage, a double moon, and other similar phenomena, or like the phantoms imagined by children.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमाकृति (bhramākṛti) - having an illusory form, illusory in nature

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

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

• अलातचक्रवत् (alātacakravat) - like a firebrand circle

• मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रादि (mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi) - like a mirage, a double moon, etc.

• बालवेटालकादिवत् (bālaveṭālakādivat) - like phantoms or ghost stories imagined by children, etc.

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमाकृति (bhramākṛti) - having an illusory form, illusory in nature

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhramākṛti

bhramākṛti - having the form of an illusion, illusory by nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhrama+ākṛti)

• bhrama – illusion, error, delusion, whirling
  noun (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'yat'

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अलातचक्रवत् (alātacakravat) - like a firebrand circle

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alāta+cakra+vat)

• alāta – firebrand, burning stick
  noun (neuter)
• cakra – wheel, circle, disc
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adverbs)
  indeclinable
  Suffix -vat appended to nouns to form adverbs of comparison.

मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रादि (mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi) - like a mirage, a double moon, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi

mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādi - mirage, double moon, and so on (illusory phenomena)

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa with ādi (mṛgatṛṣṇā+dvicandra+ādi)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (literally 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
• dvicandra – double moon (an optical illusion)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – and so on, beginning with, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: Functions adverbially in context.

बालवेटालकादिवत् (bālaveṭālakādivat) - like phantoms or ghost stories imagined by children, etc.

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+veṭālaka+ādi+vat)

• bāla – child, young, foolish
  noun (masculine)
• veṭālaka – phantom, ghost, goblin
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – and so on, beginning with, etc.
  indeclinable
• vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adverbs)
  indeclinable
  Suffix -vat appended to nouns to form adverbs of comparison.