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).

45. כפי שעיר עננים דמיונית מופיעה ונעלמת כמייצג של דמיון, כך גם אשליית הסַמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי).

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)

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