योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-35

अर्जुन उवाच ।
नरकस्वर्गसर्गादिसंभ्रमेषु जगत्पते ।
किमस्य कारणं ब्रूहि जीवस्य जगतः स्थितेः ॥ ३५ ॥

arjuna uvāca ,
narakasvargasargādisaṃbhrameṣu jagatpate ,
kimasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi jīvasya jagataḥ sthiteḥ 35

35. arjunaḥ uvāca narakasvargasargādisambhramesu jagatpate
kim asya kāraṇam brūhi jīvasya jagataḥ sthiteḥ

35. arjunaḥ uvāca jagatpate narakasvargasargādisambhramesu
asya jīvasya jagataḥ sthiteḥ kim kāraṇam brūhi

35. Arjuna said: O Lord of the world, please tell me what is the cause of this individual soul (jīva) and of the world's existence amidst the confusions arising from concepts like hell, heaven, and creation (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (the main disciple and interlocutor of Krishna) (Arjuna (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• नरकस्वर्गसर्गादिसम्भ्रमेसु (narakasvargasargādisambhramesu) - amidst the confusions arising from concepts like hell, heaven, and creation (saṃsāra) (amidst the confusions, delusions, or agitations caused by concepts of hell, heaven, creation, etc.)

• जगत्पते (jagatpate) - O Lord of the world!

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (implied 'state' or 'confusion') (of this, his, her, its)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (me) (speak, tell)

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of this individual soul (jīva) (of the individual soul, of the living being)

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, of the universe)

• स्थितेः (sthiteḥ) - of the existence (of the existence, of the stability, of the state)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (the main disciple and interlocutor of Krishna) (Arjuna (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a Pandava prince); white, silver-colored

Note: The speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice (from root vac)

Root: vac (class 2)

नरकस्वर्गसर्गादिसम्भ्रमेसु (narakasvargasargādisambhramesu) - amidst the confusions arising from concepts like hell, heaven, and creation (saṃsāra) (amidst the confusions, delusions, or agitations caused by concepts of hell, heaven, creation, etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of narakasvargasargādisambhrama

narakasvargasargādisambhrama - confusion/agitation regarding hell, heaven, creation, etc.

Long tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naraka+svarga+sarga+ādi+sambhrama)

• naraka – hell, infernal region
  noun (masculine)
• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emission, chapter
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – and so on, beginning with, etc.
  indeclinable
• sambhrama – confusion, agitation, bewilderment, hurry
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-bhram (to wander, be confused)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Indicates the context or environment of Arjuna's question.

जगत्पते (jagatpate) - O Lord of the world!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jagatpati

jagatpati - lord of the world, ruler of the universe

Compound of jagat (world) and pati (lord). Vocative singular form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+pati)

• jagat – world, universe, that which moves
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing Krishna.

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as an interrogative pronoun for 'kāraṇam'.

अस्य (asya) - of this (implied 'state' or 'confusion') (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Pronominal stem idam, masculine/neuter genitive singular

Note: Refers to the confusion of saṃsāra mentioned in the preceding compound.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, origin, instrument, motive

From root kṛ (to do) + ana suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate noun in the question.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (me) (speak, tell)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative Active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Command to Krishna.

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of this individual soul (jīva) (of the individual soul, of the living being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; the individual soul, living being

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Possessive, linked to 'kāraṇam'.

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, of the universe)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Stem jagat, neuter genitive singular

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Possessive, linked to 'sthiteḥ'.

स्थितेः (sthiteḥ) - of the existence (of the existence, of the stability, of the state)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, existing, position, state, stability, existence, duration

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Possessive, linked to 'kāraṇam' along with 'jīvasya' and 'jagataḥ'.