योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-33, verse-45

प्रतिभाससमुत्थानं प्रतिभासपरिक्षयम् ।
यथा गन्धर्वनगरं तथा संसृतिविभ्रमः ॥ ४५ ॥

pratibhāsasamutthānaṃ pratibhāsaparikṣayam ,
yathā gandharvanagaraṃ tathā saṃsṛtivibhramaḥ 45

45. pratibhāsamutsthānam pratibhāsaparikṣayam
yathā gandharvanagaram tathā saṃsṛtivibhramaḥ

45. yathā gandharvanagaram (bhāti) tathā pratibhāsamutsthānam
pratibhāsaparikṣayam saṃsṛtivibhramaḥ (bhāti)

45. Just as a mirage city (gandharvanagara) appears, so too do the arising and dissolution of appearances, and the delusion of cyclic existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिभासमुत्स्थानम् (pratibhāsamutsthānam) - the arising of appearances, the emergence of illusions

• प्रतिभासपरिक्षयम् (pratibhāsaparikṣayam) - the perishing of appearances, the dissolution of illusions

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - mirage city, phantom city (literally, city of the Gandharvas)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way, similarly

• संसृतिविभ्रमः (saṁsṛtivibhramaḥ) - delusion of cyclic existence, illusion of transmigration

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिभासमुत्स्थानम् (pratibhāsamutsthānam) - the arising of appearances, the emergence of illusions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhāsamutsthāna

pratibhāsamutsthāna - the arising or emergence of an appearance or illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratibhāsa+utsthāna)

• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, illusion, mental image
  noun (masculine)
• utsthāna – arising, rising up, emergence
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root sthā with upasarga ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Interpreted as nominative for parallelism with saṃsṛtivibhramaḥ

प्रतिभासपरिक्षयम् (pratibhāsaparikṣayam) - the perishing of appearances, the dissolution of illusions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibhāsaparikṣaya

pratibhāsaparikṣaya - the perishing or dissolution of an appearance or illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratibhāsa+parikṣaya)

• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, illusion, mental image
  noun (masculine)
• parikṣaya – perishing, diminution, dissolution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṣi with upasarga pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Interpreted as nominative for parallelism with pratibhāsamutsthānam and saṃsṛtivibhramaḥ

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

गन्धर्वनगरम् (gandharvanagaram) - mirage city, phantom city (literally, city of the Gandharvas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gandharvanagara

gandharvanagara - city of Gandharvas, mirage city, phantom city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandharva+nagara)

• gandharva – celestial musician, a class of semi-divine beings; often associated with illusions
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as a predicative noun in comparison

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way, similarly

(indeclinable)

संसृतिविभ्रमः (saṁsṛtivibhramaḥ) - delusion of cyclic existence, illusion of transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsṛtivibhrama

saṁsṛtivibhrama - the delusion or error of cyclic existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsṛti+vibhrama)

• saṃsṛti – cyclic existence, transmigration, wandering through successive states of existence
  noun (feminine)
• vibhrama – delusion, error, confusion, bewilderment, illusion
  noun (masculine)