योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-76, verse-9

यत्र लोकक्रमप्राप्तं तेन भुक्तेन किं भवेत् ।
न जीवितेन नो मृत्या किंचित्कारणमस्ति मे ॥ ९ ॥

yatra lokakramaprāptaṃ tena bhuktena kiṃ bhavet ,
na jīvitena no mṛtyā kiṃcitkāraṇamasti me 9

9. yatra lokakramaprāptam tena bhuktena kim bhavet
na jīvitena no mṛtyā kiñcit kāraṇam asti me

9. yatra lokakramaprāptam tena bhuktena kim bhavet
me jīvitena no mṛtyā kiñcit kāraṇam na asti

9. What is the use of that which is obtained and experienced in the ordinary course of the world? For me, there is no purpose in either life or death.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• लोकक्रमप्राप्तम् (lokakramaprāptam) - obtained in the ordinary course of the world/life

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• भुक्तेन (bhuktena) - by that which is enjoyed, by the experienced

• किम् (kim) - what?, what for?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would it be, should happen

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by life, by living

• नो (no) - nor

• मृत्या (mṛtyā) - by death

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything (here: any, a certain)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, purpose

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - for me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

लोकक्रमप्राप्तम् (lokakramaprāptam) - obtained in the ordinary course of the world/life

(adjective)

neuter, singular of lokakramaprāpta

lokakramaprāpta - obtained in the natural course of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+krama+prāpta)

• loka – world, people, life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• krama – course, order, sequence, method
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)
• prāpta – obtained, reached, acquired
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pra-√āp (to obtain, reach)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: agrees with 'that which' implicitly

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भुक्तेन (bhuktena) - by that which is enjoyed, by the experienced

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhukta

bhukta - eaten, enjoyed, experienced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √bhuj (to enjoy, eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: agrees with 'tena'

किम् (kim) - what?, what for?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would it be, should happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Potential Mood, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhū, potential mood, parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by life, by living

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Derived from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

नो (no) - nor

(indeclinable)

Combination of na (not) and u (and, indeed)

मृत्या (mṛtyā) - by death

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying

Derived from √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything (here: any, a certain)

(indeclinable)

Derived from kim + cit

Note: Often functions as an indefinite pronoun/adjective, modifying 'kāraṇam'.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, purpose

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Root as, present indicative, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - for me, to me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I