योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-24

प्रलयस्थितिसर्गादि दृश्यमानं न विद्यते ।
एतन्न चात्मनश्चान्यच्चित्रे चित्रवधूर्यथा ॥ २४ ॥

pralayasthitisargādi dṛśyamānaṃ na vidyate ,
etanna cātmanaścānyaccitre citravadhūryathā 24

24. pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi dṛśyamānam na vidyate etat
na ca ātmanaḥ ca anyat citre citra-vadhūḥ yathā

24. dṛśyamānam pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi na vidyate etat
ca ātmanaḥ anyat na ca yathā citre citra-vadhūḥ

24. The phenomena of creation, sustenance, and dissolution, and all that is perceived, do not truly exist. This perceived reality is not distinct from the Self (ātman), just as a painted figure in a picture is not separate from the picture itself.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रलय-स्थिति-सर्ग-आदि (pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi) - beginning with dissolution, existence, and creation; creation, sustenance, and dissolution, etc.

• दृश्यमानम् (dṛśyamānam) - being seen, visible, appearing, perceivable

• न (na) - not, no

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

• एतत् (etat) - this, this reality

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, from the Self

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

• चित्रे (citre) - in a painting, in a picture

• चित्र-वधूः (citra-vadhūḥ) - painted woman, painted figure

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

प्रलय-स्थिति-सर्ग-आदि (pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi) - beginning with dissolution, existence, and creation; creation, sustenance, and dissolution, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi

pralaya-sthiti-sarga-ādi - beginning with dissolution, existence, and creation; creation, sustenance, and dissolution, etc.

Compound type : Dvandva followed by Tatpurusha (pralaya+sthiti+sarga+ādi)

• pralaya – dissolution, destruction, reabsorption
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī
• sthiti – standing, state, existence, continuance, sustenance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā
• sarga – creation, emanation, production
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable (neuter)

दृश्यमानम् (dṛśyamānam) - being seen, visible, appearing, perceivable

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśyamāna

dṛśyamāna - being seen, visible, appearing

Present Passive Participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this, this reality

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self, from the Self

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual soul, Supreme Soul (ātman)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

चित्रे (citre) - in a painting, in a picture

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - picture, painting, drawing; variegated, wonderful

चित्र-वधूः (citra-vadhūḥ) - painted woman, painted figure

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citra-vadhū

citra-vadhū - painted woman, painted bride/figure

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (citra+vadhū)

• citra – picture, painting
  noun (neuter)
• vadhū – woman, bride, wife
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)