योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-207, verse-27

यथा संकल्पनगरं चिन्मात्रं भाति केवलम् ।
तथैवाकारणं भाति चिन्मात्रोन्मेषणं जगत् ॥ २७ ॥

yathā saṃkalpanagaraṃ cinmātraṃ bhāti kevalam ,
tathaivākāraṇaṃ bhāti cinmātronmeṣaṇaṃ jagat 27

27. yathā saṅkalpanagaram cinmātram bhāti kevalam
tathā eva akāraṇam bhāti cinmātromeṣaṇam jagat

27. yathā saṅkalpanagaram cinmātram kevalam bhāti
tathā eva jagat akāraṇam cinmātromeṣaṇam bhāti

27. Just as a city created by imagination (saṃkalpa) appears as nothing but consciousness (cit), so too does the world appear without a cause, as merely an unfolding of consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - an example of something created purely by the mind, used to illustrate the nature of the world (a city of imagination, a mental construct, an illusory city)

• चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - emphasizing that the illusory world is fundamentally consciousness itself, not something separate (mere consciousness, consisting only of consciousness)

• भाति (bhāti) - describing the phenomenal manifestation of reality (appears, shines, manifests)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - reinforcing the idea that consciousness is the only substance (merely, solely, purely, exclusively)

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - emphasizing that the world's appearance does not stem from an external, material cause but from consciousness itself (without cause, causeless, uncaused)

• भाति (bhāti) - describing the phenomenal manifestation of reality (appears, shines, manifests)

• चिन्मात्रोमेषणम् (cinmātromeṣaṇam) - the world is not created but spontaneously emerges as an expansion or manifestation of consciousness itself (an unfolding of mere consciousness, an appearance from pure consciousness)

• जगत् (jagat) - referring to the phenomenal reality perceived by sentient beings (the world, the universe)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - an example of something created purely by the mind, used to illustrate the nature of the world (a city of imagination, a mental construct, an illusory city)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpanagara

saṅkalpanagara - a city of imagination, a mental construct

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+nagara)

• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, thought, imagination, mental conception (saṃkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  from 'sam' + 'kḷp'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

चिन्मात्रम् (cinmātram) - emphasizing that the illusory world is fundamentally consciousness itself, not something separate (mere consciousness, consisting only of consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - mere consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, consisting only of
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'saṅkalpanagaram'

भाति (bhāti) - describing the phenomenal manifestation of reality (appears, shines, manifests)

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

केवलम् (kevalam) - reinforcing the idea that consciousness is the only substance (merely, solely, purely, exclusively)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, solitary, mere, whole, entire

Note: Used adverbially here

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - emphasizing that the world's appearance does not stem from an external, material cause but from consciousness itself (without cause, causeless, uncaused)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, causeless

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'kṛ' with suffix 'ana'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'

भाति (bhāti) - describing the phenomenal manifestation of reality (appears, shines, manifests)

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

चिन्मात्रोमेषणम् (cinmātromeṣaṇam) - the world is not created but spontaneously emerges as an expansion or manifestation of consciousness itself (an unfolding of mere consciousness, an appearance from pure consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātromeṣaṇa

cinmātromeṣaṇa - an unfolding of mere consciousness

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cinmātra+unmeṣaṇa)

• cinmātra – mere consciousness, pure consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• unmeṣaṇa – unfolding, opening, manifestation, blossoming
  noun (neuter)
  from 'ud' + 'miṣ'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: miṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'

जगत् (jagat) - referring to the phenomenal reality perceived by sentient beings (the world, the universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

present active participle of 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)