योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-15

कः किलात्र कुतः खेदो यन्मूर्खः परितप्यते ।
दुःखायैव हि जायन्ते करभाः प्राकृतास्तथा ॥ १५ ॥

kaḥ kilātra kutaḥ khedo yanmūrkhaḥ paritapyate ,
duḥkhāyaiva hi jāyante karabhāḥ prākṛtāstathā 15

15. kaḥ kila atra kutaḥ khedaḥ yat mūrkhaḥ paritapyate
duḥkhāya eva hi jāyante karabhāḥ prākṛtāḥ tathā

15. atra kaḥ kila kutaḥ khedaḥ yat mūrkhaḥ paritapyate
hi karabhāḥ prākṛtāḥ tathā duḥkhāya eva jāyante

15. What indeed is the point here? Why lament that a fool suffers? For ordinary, foolish people (karabha) are indeed born only for suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

• खेदः (khedaḥ) - sorrow, lamentation, distress

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), because, which

• मूर्खः (mūrkhaḥ) - a fool, an ignorant person

• परितप्यते (paritapyate) - suffers greatly, is tormented

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, arise

• करभाः (karabhāḥ) - foolish people (camels; foolish people)

• प्राकृताः (prākṛtāḥ) - ordinary, common, vulgar, unrefined, foolish

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(interrogative pronoun)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

(indeclinable)

खेदः (khedaḥ) - sorrow, lamentation, distress

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kheda

kheda - pain, distress, sorrow, lamentation, weariness

Root: khid (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), because, which

(indeclinable)

मूर्खः (mūrkhaḥ) - a fool, an ignorant person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, ignorant, stupid; a fool

परितप्यते (paritapyate) - suffers greatly, is tormented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of tap

From root `tap` (class 4, `divādi`), with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 4)

Note: The prefix `pari` adds intensity to suffering.

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

Note: Dative of purpose.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, arise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root `jan` (class 4, `divādi`) in middle voice.

Root: jan (class 4)

करभाः (karabhāḥ) - foolish people (camels; foolish people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karabha

karabha - camel; a foolish man; a hand with outstretched fingers

प्राकृताः (prākṛtāḥ) - ordinary, common, vulgar, unrefined, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, normal, common, ordinary, vulgar, unrefined; a common man

Note: Agrees with `karabhāḥ`.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

(indeclinable)