योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-108, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अविद्या दृश्यरूपेयं कचन्ती यस्य विद्यते ।
चिन्नभःस्वप्ननगरी दृश्यमानापि शून्यकम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
avidyā dṛśyarūpeyaṃ kacantī yasya vidyate ,
cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī dṛśyamānāpi śūnyakam 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca | avidyā dṛśyarūpā iyam kacantī yasya
vidyate | cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī dṛśyamānā api śūnyakam

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca iyam dṛśyarūpā avidyā yasya kacantī
vidyate (sā) cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī dṛśyamānā api śūnyakam

1. Śrī Rāma said: 'This ignorance (avidyā), which manifests as the visible world, appears to one in whom it exists. It is like a dream city in the sky of consciousness (cit), which, though seen, is ultimately void.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)

• दृश्यरूपा (dṛśyarūpā) - having the form of the visible, appearing as the visible

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• कचन्ती (kacantī) - shining, appearing, glittering (feminine)

• यस्य (yasya) - of whom, for whom, whose (masculine/neuter)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - it exists, it is, it is found

• चिन्नभःस्वप्ननगरी (cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī) - dream city in the sky of consciousness (cit)

• दृश्यमाना (dṛśyamānā) - being seen, though seen, visible (feminine)

• अपि (api) - also, even, though, notwithstanding

• शून्यकम् (śūnyakam) - empty, void, non-existent, a void

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma (an epithet of the deity)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, divine honorific
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (a prominent deity in Hinduism, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, delusion, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)

दृश्यरूपा (dṛśyarūpā) - having the form of the visible, appearing as the visible

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyarūpa

dṛśyarūpa - having the form of the visible, manifesting as perceptible phenomena

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+rūpa)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, to be seen, object of sight
  participle (neuter)
  gerundive/future passive participle
  Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) + suffix '-ya'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

कचन्ती (kacantī) - shining, appearing, glittering (feminine)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kacat

kacat - shining, appearing, glittering, manifest

present active participle

Derived from root 'kac' (to shine, appear)

Root: kac (class 1)

यस्य (yasya) - of whom, for whom, whose (masculine/neuter)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Also form for neuter genitive singular.

विद्यते (vidyate) - it exists, it is, it is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

चिन्नभःस्वप्ननगरी (cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī) - dream city in the sky of consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī

cinnabhaḥsvapnanagarī - dream-city in the ether of consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+nabhas+svapna+nagarī)

• cit – consciousness, pure intelligence, mind
  noun (feminine)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• nagarī – city, town
  noun (feminine)

दृश्यमाना (dṛśyamānā) - being seen, though seen, visible (feminine)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyamāna

dṛśyamāna - being seen, visible, perceptible

present passive participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, though, notwithstanding

(indeclinable)

शून्यकम् (śūnyakam) - empty, void, non-existent, a void

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyaka

śūnyaka - empty, void, null, a void, an empty space