योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-32, verse-3

रूपानुभवमादत्ते चक्षुःप्रसरणाद्यथा ।
चितिः प्रसरणात्तद्वज्जगद्विभ्रममास्थिता ॥ ३ ॥

rūpānubhavamādatte cakṣuḥprasaraṇādyathā ,
citiḥ prasaraṇāttadvajjagadvibhramamāsthitā 3

3. rūpānubhavam ādatte cakṣuḥprasarāṇāt yathā
citiḥ prasarāṇāt tadvat jagadvibhramam āsthitā

3. yathā cakṣuḥprasarāṇāt rūpānubhavam ādatte,
tadvat citiḥ prasarāṇāt jagadvibhramam āsthitā.

3. Just as the eye (cakṣuḥ) grasps the experience of forms through its outreach, similarly, consciousness (citi), by its expansion, assumes the illusion of the world (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

• रूपानुभवम् (rūpānubhavam) - the experience of forms

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - grasps, takes, perceives

• चक्षुःप्रसराणात् (cakṣuḥprasarāṇāt) - from the expansion/outreach of the eye

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, intelligence

• प्रसराणात् (prasarāṇāt) - from the expansion, from the spreading

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• जगद्विभ्रमम् (jagadvibhramam) - the illusion of the world (jagat)

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, assumed, situated

Words meanings and morphology

रूपानुभवम् (rūpānubhavam) - the experience of forms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rūpānubhava

rūpānubhava - the experience or perception of forms

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (rūpa+anubhava)

• rūpa – form, appearance, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)
• anubhava – experience, perception, apprehension
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix anu- + root bhū (to be) + suffix ap
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of ādatte

आदत्ते (ādatte) - grasps, takes, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ādatte

Present middle indicative

Prefix ā- + root dā (to give/take). Here from dā (to take), Ātmanepada

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used with cakṣuḥ

चक्षुःप्रसराणात् (cakṣuḥprasarāṇāt) - from the expansion/outreach of the eye

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cakṣuḥprasarāṇa

cakṣuḥprasarāṇa - the spreading or outreach of the eye

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cakṣuḥ+prasarāṇa)

• cakṣuḥ – eye, vision, sight
  noun (neuter)
  From root cakṣ (to see)
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)
• prasarāṇa – spreading, expansion, extension, outreach
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix pra- + root sṛ (to go) + suffix lyuṭ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Expresses cause or means

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to tadvat

Note: Introduces a simile

चितिः (citiḥ) - consciousness, intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, intelligence, perception, knowledge

From root cit (to perceive, know)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject of āsthitā

प्रसराणात् (prasarāṇāt) - from the expansion, from the spreading

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of prasarāṇa

prasarāṇa - spreading, expansion, extension, outreach

Prefix pra- + root sṛ (to go) + suffix lyuṭ

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Expresses cause or means

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad (that)

जगद्विभ्रमम् (jagadvibhramam) - the illusion of the world (jagat)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jagadvibhrama

jagadvibhrama - the illusion or delusion of the world (jagat)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jagat+vibhrama)

• jagat – world, universe (jagat)
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Root gam (to go) or jan (to be born) with śatṛ
  Root: gam (class 1)
• vibhrama – illusion, delusion, error, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix vi- + root bhram (to wander) + suffix ghañ
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Object of āsthitā

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, assumed, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated, established, assumed, undertaken, being in a state

Past Passive Participle

Prefix ā- + root sthā (to stand) + suffix kta

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective with citiḥ