योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-31

चिद्वाचिद्वा यथादर्शो बिम्बितं वाप्यबिम्बितम् ।
नगरं वेत्ति नो वापि तथा ब्रह्म जगत्त्रयम् ॥ ३१ ॥

cidvācidvā yathādarśo bimbitaṃ vāpyabimbitam ,
nagaraṃ vetti no vāpi tathā brahma jagattrayam 31

31. cit vā acit vā yathā ādarśaḥ bimbitam vā api abimbitam
nagaram vetti na u vā api tathā brahma jagattrayam

31. yathā ādarśaḥ cit vā acit vā,
bimbitam vā api abimbitam nagaram na u vā api vetti,
tathā brahma jagattrayam (asti).

31. Just as a mirror, whether it is regarded as conscious or non-conscious, and irrespective of whether a city is reflected in it or not, does not truly 'know' that city, similarly, Brahman (brahman) is the three worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• चित् (cit) - conscious (conscious, intelligent, consciousness)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अचित् (acit) - non-conscious (non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - a mirror (mirror, reflection, ideal, example)

• बिम्बितम् (bimbitam) - reflected (reflected, imaged, resembling)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, despite)

• अबिम्बितम् (abimbitam) - not reflected (not reflected, unreflected)

• नगरम् (nagaram) - a city (city, town)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows (in the sense of understanding/cognizing) (knows, understands, perceives)

• न उ (na u) - not (not, and not, indeed not)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, despite)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so, in that manner)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred knowledge, prayer)

• जगत्त्रयम् (jagattrayam) - the three worlds (the three worlds, the triple world)

Words meanings and morphology

चित् (cit) - conscious (conscious, intelligent, consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, mind, thought; also (adj) conscious, intelligent

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अचित् (acit) - non-conscious (non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of acit

acit - non-conscious, inanimate, unconscious, devoid of intelligence

a (not) + cit (conscious, intelligence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cit)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• cit – consciousness, intelligence, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit (to perceive, know)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies ādarśaḥ.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem ya + thā suffix

आदर्शः (ādarśaḥ) - a mirror (mirror, reflection, ideal, example)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection, looking glass, ideal, example

ā (towards) + dṛś (to see) + a (suffix)

Prefix: ā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

बिम्बितम् (bimbitam) - reflected (reflected, imaged, resembling)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bimbita

bimbita - reflected, imaged, resembling, represented

Past Passive Participle

From root bimb (to reflect, resemble) + ita suffix.

Root: bimb (class 10)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, despite)

(indeclinable)

अबिम्बितम् (abimbitam) - not reflected (not reflected, unreflected)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of abimbita

abimbita - not reflected, unreflected

Past Passive Participle

a (not) + bimbita (reflected)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bimbita)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• bimbita – reflected, imaged, resembling, represented
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Particylple
  From root bimb (to reflect, resemble) + ita suffix.
  Root: bimb (class 10)

नगरम् (nagaram) - a city (city, town)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town, metropolis

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows (in the sense of understanding/cognizing) (knows, understands, perceives)

(verb)

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

present active

Present tense, 3rd person, singular, active voice from root vid (class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Main verb for the mirror's action.

न उ (na u) - not (not, and not, indeed not)

(indeclinable)

na + u (particle)

Note: Negation.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, despite)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem tad + thā suffix

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the ultimate reality (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred knowledge, prayer)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute, the ultimate reality; sacred knowledge, prayer, the Vedas

From root bṛh (to grow, swell).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for jagattrayam or subject.

जगत्त्रयम् (jagattrayam) - the three worlds (the three worlds, the triple world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagattraya

jagattraya - the three worlds, the triple world (heaven, earth, underworld)

jagat (world) + traya (three)

Compound type : dvigu (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe, people, moving, sentient
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  Present active participle of gam (to go), neuter form.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – three, a triad, a group of three
  noun (neuter)
  From tri (three) + ya (suffix)

Note: Predicate nominative for brahma.