योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-42, verse-25

काष्ठमौनदशाभासं संसारमवशिष्यते ।
यथा निमीलिताक्षस्य रूपालोकमनोभ्रमः ॥ २५ ॥

kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsaṃ saṃsāramavaśiṣyate ,
yathā nimīlitākṣasya rūpālokamanobhramaḥ 25

25. kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsam saṃsāram avaśiṣyate |
yathā nimīlitākṣasya rūpālokamanobhramaḥ ||

25. saṃsāram kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsam avaśiṣyate
yathā nimīlitākṣasya rūpālokamanobhramaḥ

25. The cycle of existence (saṃsāra) persists, appearing like a state of inert stillness, just as for one with closed eyes there is a mental delusion of perceiving forms.

Words meanings summery:

• काष्ठमौनदशाभासम् (kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsam) - having the appearance of a state of inert silence; appearing like wooden stillness

• संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (the cycle of rebirth; worldly existence)

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains; is left over

• यथा (yathā) - just as; as

• निमीलिताक्षस्य (nimīlitākṣasya) - of one whose eyes are closed

• रूपालोकमनोभ्रमः (rūpālokamanobhramaḥ) - mental delusion of seeing forms

Words meanings and morphology

काष्ठमौनदशाभासम् (kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsam) - having the appearance of a state of inert silence; appearing like wooden stillness

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsa

kāṣṭhamaunadaśābhāsa - appearance of a state of wooden silence/inert stillness

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kāṣṭha+mauna+daśā+ābhāsa)

• kāṣṭha – wood, timber; something inert
  noun (neuter)
• mauna – silence; the state of a muni (sage); stillness
  noun (neuter)
• daśā – state, condition, stage
  noun (feminine)
• ābhāsa – appearance, semblance, reflection, lustre
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'saṃsāram'.

संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (the cycle of rebirth; worldly existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, wandering through successive states of existence, the world

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains; is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive/middle, present (laṭ) of avaśiṣ

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as; as

(indeclinable)

निमीलिताक्षस्य (nimīlitākṣasya) - of one whose eyes are closed

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nimīlitākṣa

nimīlitākṣa - one whose eyes are closed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nimīlita+akṣa)

• nimīlita – closed, shut
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ni
  Root: mīl (class 1)
• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (neuter)

Note: Substantivized adjective.

रूपालोकमनोभ्रमः (rūpālokamanobhramaḥ) - mental delusion of seeing forms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūpālokamanobhrama

rūpālokamanobhrama - illusion/delusion of the mind regarding the perception of forms

Compound type : Tatpurusha (rūpa+āloka+manas+bhrama)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – seeing, looking, perception, light
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – wandering, roaming; error, mistake, delusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)