योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-28

यथाभ्रे लक्ष्यते वृक्षगजवाजिमृगादिता ।
असन्निवेशाकृतिनि सर्गाहन्ते तथापरे ॥ २८ ॥

yathābhre lakṣyate vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā ,
asanniveśākṛtini sargāhante tathāpare 28

28. yathā abhre lakṣyate vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā
asanniveśākṛtini sarga āhante tathā apare

28. yathā abhre asanniveśākṛtini vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā
lakṣyate tathā sarga āhante apare

28. Just as in a cloud, which has no real arrangement or specific form, one perceives shapes of trees, elephants, horses, deer, and the like; similarly, these creations are observed in the supreme (brahman), even at the time of the world's dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अभ्रे (abhre) - in the cloud

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is seen, appears

• वृक्षगजवाजिमृगादिता (vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā) - the state of being trees, elephants, horses, deer, etc.

• असन्निवेशाकृतिनि (asanniveśākṛtini) - in something without real arrangement or form

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emanation

• आहन्ते (āhante) - at the cessation/destruction/withdrawal

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• अपरे (apare) - in the other, in the supreme (reality/Brahman)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अभ्रे (abhre) - in the cloud

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abhra

abhra - cloud, sky

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present Passive

Root: √lakṣ (class 1)

वृक्षगजवाजिमृगादिता (vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā) - the state of being trees, elephants, horses, deer, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā

vṛkṣagajavājimṛgāditā - the state of having trees, elephants, horses, deer, etc. as the beginning/foremost

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛkṣa+gaja+vāji+mṛga+ādi+tā)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• vāji – horse
  noun (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on
  indeclinable (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'the state of being'
  suffix (feminine)

असन्निवेशाकृतिनि (asanniveśākṛtini) - in something without real arrangement or form

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asanniveśākṛti

asanniveśākṛti - lacking real arrangement, structure, or form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+sat+niveśa+ākṛti)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• sat – real, true, existing
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: √as (class 2)
• niveśa – arrangement, disposition, settlement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: √viś (class 6)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

सर्ग (sarga) - creation, emanation

(noun)

masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, production, nature

Root: √sṛj (class 6)

Note: Used here in conjunction with āhante to mean 'at the end of creation'.

आहन्ते (āhante) - at the cessation/destruction/withdrawal

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhanta

āhanta - cessation, destruction, withdrawal

Prefix: ā

Root: √han (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - in the other, in the supreme (reality/Brahman)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of apara

apara - other, subsequent, inferior, supreme (in advaita context)

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