योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-211, verse-25

चिरानुभूतमप्यर्थकार्यपीदं जगत्त्रयम् ।
शून्यमेव निराकारं संकल्पनगरं यथा ॥ २५ ॥

cirānubhūtamapyarthakāryapīdaṃ jagattrayam ,
śūnyameva nirākāraṃ saṃkalpanagaraṃ yathā 25

25. cirānubhūtam api artha-kāryam api idam jagat-trayam
śūnyam eva nirākāram saṅkalpanagaram yathā

25. idam jagat-trayam cirānubhūtam api artha-kāryam api [asti],
[tat] saṅkalpanagaram yathā,
śūnyam eva nirākāram [asti]

25. Even though these three worlds (jagat-trayam) have been experienced for a long time and appear to have practical efficacy, they are, in fact, merely empty and formless, just like an imagined city (saṅkalpanagara).

Words meanings summery:

• चिरानुभूतम् (cirānubhūtam) - long-experienced, experienced for a long time

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अर्थ-कार्यम् (artha-kāryam) - having practical purpose/effect, efficacious

• अपि (api) - also, even

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - the three worlds

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without form

• सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - imagined city, city of thought

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

चिरानुभूतम् (cirānubhūtam) - long-experienced, experienced for a long time

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cirānubhūta

cirānubhūta - experienced for a long time

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+anubhūta)

• cira – long time
  indeclinable
• anubhūta – experienced, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be) with prefix anu-
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jagat-trayam.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अर्थ-कार्यम् (artha-kāryam) - having practical purpose/effect, efficacious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of artha-kārya

artha-kārya - having practical function or purpose, useful, effective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+kārya)

• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)
• kārya – to be done, deed, effect, purpose
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with jagat-trayam.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Refers to jagat-trayam.

जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - the three worlds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat-traya

jagat-traya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, underworld)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – group of three, triad
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from tri (three).

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, non-existent

Past Passive Participle of śū- to swell, but usually understood as 'empty'

Root: śū

Note: Agrees with jagat-trayam.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without form

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, bodiless, shapeless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākāra)

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

Note: Agrees with jagat-trayam.

सङ्कल्पनगरम् (saṅkalpanagaram) - imagined city, city of thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpanagara

saṅkalpanagara - a city formed by imagination/thought

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+nagara)

• saṅkalpa – conception, intention, imagination, resolve
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kḷp with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)