योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-117, verse-10

यथा गन्धर्वनगरं यथा वारि मरुस्थले ।
यत्तु नो दृश्यते किंचित्तन्न किंचिदिव स्थितम् ॥ १० ॥

yathā gandharvanagaraṃ yathā vāri marusthale ,
yattu no dṛśyate kiṃcittanna kiṃcidiva sthitam 10

10. yathā gandharvanagaram yathā vāri marusthale yat
tu na dṛśyate kiṃcit tat na kiṃcit iva sthitam

10. yathā gandharvanagaram yathā vāri marusthale tu
yat kiṃcit na dṛśyate tat na kiṃcit iva sthitam

10. Just as a city of celestial musicians (gandharvanagara) or water in a desert (is an illusion), similarly, that which is not seen at all is established as not being a mere nothing (but as existing).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as. (as, just as, like.)

• गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - a phantom city (gandharvanagara). (a phantom city, a city of Gandharvas (celestial musicians).)

• यथा (yathā) - just as. (as, just as, like.)

• वारि (vāri) - water (as a mirage). (water.)

• मरुस्थले (marusthale) - in a desert.

• यत् (yat) - whatever. (which, whatever.)

• तु (tu) - on the other hand. (but, on the other hand, indeed.)

• न (na) - not.

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

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - at all (emphasizing the negation 'na dṛśyate'). (something, anything, a little.)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the unseen). (that.)

• न (na) - not.

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - nothing. (something, anything, a little, nothing.)

• इव (iva) - as if. (like, as, as if.)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - established as existing. (situated, stood, existing, established.)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as. (as, just as, like.)

(indeclinable)

गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - a phantom city (gandharvanagara). (a phantom city, a city of Gandharvas (celestial musicians).)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gandharvanagara

gandharvanagara - city of Gandharvas, phantom city, mirage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gandharva+nagara)

• gandharva – celestial musician, a class of demi-gods
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as. (as, just as, like.)

(indeclinable)

वारि (vāri) - water (as a mirage). (water.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

मरुस्थले (marusthale) - in a desert.

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of marusthala

marusthala - desert, wilderness

यत् (yat) - whatever. (which, whatever.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

तु (tu) - on the other hand. (but, on the other hand, indeed.)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not.

(indeclinable)

Note: originally 'no' (na + u) but decomposed to 'na' for clarity in 'no-sandhi'

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

(verb)

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

Present, Passive

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - at all (emphasizing the negation 'na dṛśyate'). (something, anything, a little.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the unseen). (that.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

न (na) - not.

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - nothing. (something, anything, a little, nothing.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little, nothing

इव (iva) - as if. (like, as, as if.)

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - established as existing. (situated, stood, existing, established.)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand, to be, to exist)

Root: sthā (class 1)