योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-56

प्राप्तव्यं पुरुषेणेति हर्षस्यावसरो हि कः ।
सर्वस्यैव हि संसारे नरस्य व्यवहारिणः ॥ ५६ ॥

prāptavyaṃ puruṣeṇeti harṣasyāvasaro hi kaḥ ,
sarvasyaiva hi saṃsāre narasya vyavahāriṇaḥ 56

56. prāptavyam puruṣeṇa iti harṣasya avasaraḥ hi
kaḥ sarvasya eva hi saṃsāre narasya vyavahāriṇaḥ

56. puruṣeṇa prāptavyam iti hi kaḥ harṣasya avasaraḥ
hi saṃsāre narasya vyavahāriṇaḥ sarvasya eva

56. This must be attained by a person (puruṣa) – so what occasion for joy is there? Indeed, for every individual engaged in worldly affairs within the cycle of repeated existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - to be attained, to be obtained, achievable

• पुरुषेण (puruṣeṇa) - by a person (puruṣa) (by a person, by a man)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, therefore

• हर्षस्य (harṣasya) - of joy, of delight

• अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - occasion, opportunity, scope

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, for all

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of repeated existence (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in the world)

• नरस्य (narasya) - of a person, of a man

• व्यवहारिणः (vyavahāriṇaḥ) - of one engaged in worldly affairs (of one engaged in worldly affairs, of a practitioner)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - to be attained, to be obtained, achievable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāptavya

prāptavya - to be attained, to be obtained, achievable

Gerundive

Future Passive Participle (gerundive) from root 'āp' (to obtain) with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Refers to both 'kiñcit suvibhavādikam' from the previous verse and implicitly to 'death' mentioned earlier.

पुरुषेण (puruṣeṇa) - by a person (puruṣa) (by a person, by a man)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, human being, the Supreme Being

Root: pṛ

Note: Agent of the gerundive 'prāptavyam'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, therefore

(indeclinable)

Particle, often marks quotation or conclusion

हर्षस्य (harṣasya) - of joy, of delight

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, happiness

From root 'hṛṣ' (to be glad, to rejoice) with suffix '-a'

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - occasion, opportunity, scope

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avasara

avasara - occasion, opportunity, scope, proper time

From root 'sṛ' (to go) with prefix 'ava-'

Prefix: ava

Root: sṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

Particle

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(interrogative pronoun)

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, for all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agreement with 'narasya' and 'vyavahāriṇaḥ'.

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

Particle

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of repeated existence (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirths, world

From root 'sṛ' (to flow, to go) with 'sam-' prefix and suffix '-a'

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

नरस्य (narasya) - of a person, of a man

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

Note: Agreement with 'sarvasya' and 'vyavahāriṇaḥ'.

व्यवहारिणः (vyavahāriṇaḥ) - of one engaged in worldly affairs (of one engaged in worldly affairs, of a practitioner)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vyavahārin

vyavahārin - engaged in worldly affairs, practical, practitioner, one who acts

Present Active Participle (agent noun)

Derived from root 'hṛ' (to carry) with prefixes 'vi-ava-' and suffix '-in'

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agreement with 'narasya' and 'sarvasya'.