योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-174, verse-5

सर्गादौ सर्गसंवित्तेर्यथाभूतार्थवेदनात् ।
जाग्रति स्वाप्ननगरं यादृशं तादृशं जगत् ॥ ५ ॥

sargādau sargasaṃvitteryathābhūtārthavedanāt ,
jāgrati svāpnanagaraṃ yādṛśaṃ tādṛśaṃ jagat 5

5. sargādau sargasaṃvitteḥ yathābhūtārthavedanāt
jāgrati svāpnanagaram yādṛśam tādṛśam jagat

5. jagat sargādau sargasaṃvitteḥ yathābhūtārthavedanāt
jāgrati svāpnanagaram yādṛśam tādṛśam

5. The world, from the very beginning of its manifestation, and despite our understanding of creation and our knowledge of its true nature, is precisely like a city perceived in a dream when one is in the waking state (which is to say, it is understood to be an illusion).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation, in creation's origin

• सर्गसंवित्तेः (sargasaṁvitteḥ) - from the comprehension of creation, of the understanding of creation

• यथाभूतार्थवेदनात् (yathābhūtārthavedanāt) - from the knowledge of things as they truly are, from the perception of real objects

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state, while awake

• स्वाप्ननगरम् (svāpnanagaram) - a dream city

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, such as, like

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - of that kind, such, so, similar

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation, in creation's origin

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation, origin of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √sṛj
  Root: √sṛj (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, origin, etc.
  noun (masculine)

सर्गसंवित्तेः (sargasaṁvitteḥ) - from the comprehension of creation, of the understanding of creation

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of sargasaṃvitti

sargasaṁvitti - comprehension of creation, understanding of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+saṃvitti)

• sarga – creation, emission, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √sṛj
  Root: √sṛj (class 6)
• saṃvitti – knowledge, comprehension, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix sam- and root √vid
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √vid (class 2)

यथाभूतार्थवेदनात् (yathābhūtārthavedanāt) - from the knowledge of things as they truly are, from the perception of real objects

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yathābhūtārthavedana

yathābhūtārthavedana - knowledge of things as they are, perception of reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yathābhūta+artha+vedana)

• yathābhūta – as it has been, actual, true, real
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From yathā (as) + bhūta (become, being - PPP of √bhū)
  Root: √bhū (class 1)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, thing, reality
  noun (masculine)
• vedana – knowing, perceiving, knowledge, perception
  noun (neuter)
  From root √vid (to know)
  Root: √vid (class 2)

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - in the waking state, while awake

(adjective)

Locative, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, in the waking state (present participle)

Present Active Participle

Present participle of √jāgṛ

Root: √jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Refers to the state of being awake or in the waking state.

स्वाप्ननगरम् (svāpnanagaram) - a dream city

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāpnanagara

svāpnanagara - dream city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svāpna+nagara)

• svāpna – relating to a dream, dream-like
  adjective
  Derived from svapna (dream)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind, such as, like

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such, similar

Correlative pronoun to tādṛśa.

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - of that kind, such, so, similar

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of that kind, such, similar

Correlative pronoun to yādṛśa.

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe, moving, alive

From root √gam, meaning 'that which moves'.

Root: √gam (class 1)