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?'

3. מהי הסיבה לעולם הנראה הזה, המלא בזקנה, מוות, תהפוכות, עונג, סבל ואשליה?

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)

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