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.

24. כל המראה הזה של בריאה, קיום וחורבן אינו קיים באמת, ואינו נפרד מהעצמי הפנימי, ממש כפי כלה המצוירת בציור אינה נפרדת מהציור עצמו.

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)

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