योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-40

सोऽस्मदारम्भ एवातः कः खेदोल्लासयोः क्रमः ।
मत्सखासुखविस्तारे जगज्जालक्षयोदये ॥ ४० ॥

so'smadārambha evātaḥ kaḥ khedollāsayoḥ kramaḥ ,
matsakhāsukhavistāre jagajjālakṣayodaye 40

40. saḥ asmat-ārambhaḥ eva ataḥ kaḥ kheda-ullāsayoḥ
kramaḥ mat-sakhā-sukha-vistāre jagat-jāla-kṣaya-udaye

40. saḥ asmat-ārambhaḥ eva ataḥ kheda-ullāsayoḥ kramaḥ
kaḥ mat-sakhā-sukha-vistāre jagat-jāla-kṣaya-udaye

40. That [supreme reality] is indeed our very origin. Therefore, what sequence of sorrow and joy can there be, whether in the expansion of happiness for my companion (the ātman), or in the dissolution and emergence of the world's fabric?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• अस्मत्-आरम्भः (asmat-ārambhaḥ) - our beginning/origin, starting point from us

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• खेद-उल्लासयोः (kheda-ullāsayoḥ) - of sorrow and joy

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, succession

• मत्-सखा-सुख-विस्तारे (mat-sakhā-sukha-vistāre) - in the expansion of happiness of my companion (the ātman) (in the expansion of happiness of my companion)

• जगत्-जाल-क्षय-उदये (jagat-jāla-kṣaya-udaye) - in the dissolution and emergence of the world's network

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अस्मत्-आरम्भः (asmat-ārambhaḥ) - our beginning/origin, starting point from us

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmatārambha

asmatārambha - our beginning, starting from us

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+ārambha)

• asmad – I, we (base for first person pronoun)
  pronoun
• ārambha – beginning, initiation, undertaking, origin
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

formed from pronominal base 'idam' + 'tas' suffix

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

खेद-उल्लासयोः (kheda-ullāsayoḥ) - of sorrow and joy

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of khedollāsa

khedollāsa - sorrow and joy

Compound type : dvandva (kheda+ullāsa)

• kheda – sorrow, distress, weariness, dejection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: khid (class 1)
• ullāsa – joy, delight, expansion, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: las (class 1)

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, succession

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - sequence, order, succession, step, procedure

Root: kram (class 1)

मत्-सखा-सुख-विस्तारे (mat-sakhā-sukha-vistāre) - in the expansion of happiness of my companion (the ātman) (in the expansion of happiness of my companion)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of matsakhāsukhavistāra

matsakhāsukhavistāra - expansion of happiness of one's companion

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+sakhā+sukha+vistāra)

• mad – my, of me (genitive base of asmad)
  pronoun
• sakhi – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)
• sukha – happiness, ease, joy, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• vistāra – expansion, extent, diffusion, spread
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

जगत्-जाल-क्षय-उदये (jagat-jāla-kṣaya-udaye) - in the dissolution and emergence of the world's network

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jagajjālakṣayodaya

jagajjālakṣayodaya - dissolution and emergence of the world-net

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+jāla+kṣaya+udaya)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jāla – net, web, snare
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, loss, decline
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• udaya – rise, ascent, origin, emergence, creation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

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