योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-117, verse-3

जरामरणसंक्षोभसुखदुःखभ्रमस्थितेः ।
अस्य दृश्यप्रपञ्चस्य को हेतुः स्यादिति स्वयम् ॥ ३ ॥

jarāmaraṇasaṃkṣobhasukhaduḥkhabhramasthiteḥ ,
asya dṛśyaprapañcasya ko hetuḥ syāditi svayam 3

3. jarā-maraṇa-saṃkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthiteḥ
asya dṛśya-prapañcasya kaḥ hetuḥ syāt iti svayam

3. svayam jarā-maraṇa-saṃkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthiteḥ
asya dṛśya-prapañcasya kaḥ hetuḥ syāt iti

3. He himself pondered: 'What could be the cause of this visible phenomenal world, which exists amidst the agitation of old age and death, and the delusion of pleasure and pain?'

Words meanings summery:

• जरा-मरण-संक्षोभ-सुख-दुःख-भ्रम-स्थितेः (jarā-maraṇa-saṁkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthiteḥ) - of that which is situated/exists amidst the agitation of old age and death, and the delusion of pleasure and pain

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• दृश्य-प्रपञ्चस्य (dṛśya-prapañcasya) - of the visible phenomenal world/manifestation

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation or thought)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

Words meanings and morphology

जरा-मरण-संक्षोभ-सुख-दुःख-भ्रम-स्थितेः (jarā-maraṇa-saṁkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthiteḥ) - of that which is situated/exists amidst the agitation of old age and death, and the delusion of pleasure and pain

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jarā-maraṇa-saṃkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthita

jarā-maraṇa-saṁkṣobha-sukha-duḥkha-bhrama-sthita - situated in/amidst the agitation of old age and death and the delusion of pleasure and pain

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jarā+maraṇa+saṃkṣobha+sukha+duḥkha+bhrama+sthita)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• saṃkṣobha – agitation, disturbance, great commotion
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-kṣubh
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, joy, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, suffering, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• sthita – situated, existing, standing, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dṛśya-prapañcasya'

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'dṛśya-prapañcasya'

दृश्य-प्रपञ्चस्य (dṛśya-prapañcasya) - of the visible phenomenal world/manifestation

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dṛśya-prapañca

dṛśya-prapañca - visible phenomenal world, manifested universe

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+prapañca)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, perceptible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• prapañca – world, phenomenal manifestation, expansion, diversity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pañc (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, origin

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)