योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-175, verse-31

दृश्यमस्य समुन्मेषो दृश्याभावो निमेषणम् ।
एकमेतन्निराकारं तद्द्वयोरप्युपक्षयात् ॥ ३१ ॥

dṛśyamasya samunmeṣo dṛśyābhāvo nimeṣaṇam ,
ekametannirākāraṃ taddvayorapyupakṣayāt 31

31. dṛśyam asya samunmeṣaḥ dṛśyābhāvaḥ nimeṣaṇam
ekam etat nirākāram tat dvayoḥ api upakṣayāt

31. asya dṛśyam samunmeṣaḥ dṛśyābhāvaḥ nimeṣaṇam
etat ekam nirākāram tat dvayoḥ api upakṣayāt

31. The manifestation of the visible world is its unfolding, and the non-appearance of the visible is its closing. This one (reality) is formless, because both (unfolding and closing) ultimately cease within it.

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, what is to be seen

• अस्य (asya) - of this, its

• समुन्मेषः (samunmeṣaḥ) - manifestation, unfolding, opening

• दृश्याभावः (dṛśyābhāvaḥ) - non-existence of the visible, absence of the seen

• निमेषणम् (nimeṣaṇam) - closing, winking, blinking

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without shape

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore, because of that

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two, both

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उपक्षयात् (upakṣayāt) - from the cessation, due to the dissolution

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, what is to be seen

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś with suffix -ya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

समुन्मेषः (samunmeṣaḥ) - manifestation, unfolding, opening

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samunmeṣa

samunmeṣa - manifestation, opening, unfolding, awakening

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: miṣ (class 1)

दृश्याभावः (dṛśyābhāvaḥ) - non-existence of the visible, absence of the seen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛśyābhāva

dṛśyābhāva - non-existence of the visible, absence of the seen

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+abhāva)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

निमेषणम् (nimeṣaṇam) - closing, winking, blinking

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nimeṣaṇa

nimeṣaṇa - closing (of eyes), winking, blinking, withdrawal

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, unique, single, alone

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, this one

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without shape

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, shapeless, incorporeal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākāra)

• nis – without, out
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore, because of that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction indicating reason.

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two, both

(adjective)

Genitive, dual of dva

dva - two

Note: Could also be locative dual.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उपक्षयात् (upakṣayāt) - from the cessation, due to the dissolution

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upakṣaya

upakṣaya - decay, decline, destruction, cessation, dissolution

Prefix: upa

Root: kṣi (class 1)