योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-22

देहाद्देहान्तरप्राप्तौ नव एव महोत्सवः ।
मरणात्मनि किं मूढा हर्षस्थाने विषीदथ ॥ २२ ॥

dehāddehāntaraprāptau nava eva mahotsavaḥ ,
maraṇātmani kiṃ mūḍhā harṣasthāne viṣīdatha 22

22. dehāt dehāntara-prāptau nava eva maha-utsavaḥ
kim mūḍhāḥ maraṇa-ātmani harṣa-sthāne viṣīdatha

22. dehāt dehāntara-prāptau nava eva maha-utsavaḥ.
he mūḍhāḥ,
maraṇa-ātmani kim? harṣa-sthāne kim viṣīdatha?

22. The transition from one body to another is indeed a new great celebration. What is there in the death of the self (ātman), O deluded ones? Why do you lament when you should be rejoicing?

22. המעבר מגוף לגוף אחר הוא חגיגה חדשה לכל דבר! כסילים, מדוע תתעצבו אל מול המוות, שבמהותו הוא סיבה לשמחה?

Words meanings summery:

• देहात् (dehāt) - from the body

• देहान्तर-प्राप्तौ (dehāntara-prāptau) - in the attainment of another body, on receiving another body

• नव (nava) - new, fresh

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• मह-उत्सवः (maha-utsavaḥ) - great festival, grand celebration

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, (an interrogative particle)

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O deluded ones, fools

• मरण-आत्मनि (maraṇa-ātmani) - in the death of the self (ātman)

• हर्ष-स्थाने (harṣa-sthāne) - in the place of joy, where joy should be

• विषीदथ (viṣīdatha) - you (pl.) grieve, you despair

Words meanings and morphology

देहात् (dehāt) - from the body

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

देहान्तर-प्राप्तौ (dehāntara-prāptau) - in the attainment of another body, on receiving another body

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dehāntara-prāpti

dehāntara-prāpti - attainment of another body

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+antara+prāpti)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, another, interior
  adjective (neuter)
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition, reaching
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root āp with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp

नव (nava) - new, fresh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nava

nava - new, fresh, young

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

मह-उत्सवः (maha-utsavaḥ) - great festival, grand celebration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maha-utsava

maha-utsava - great festival, grand celebration

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+utsava)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
  Stem of mahat
• utsava – festival, celebration, joy
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, (an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O deluded ones, fools

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - deluded, foolish, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Used here as a vocative noun

मरण-आत्मनि (maraṇa-ātmani) - in the death of the self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of maraṇa-ātman

maraṇa-ātman - death of the self, self's death

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+ātman)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

हर्ष-स्थाने (harṣa-sthāne) - in the place of joy, where joy should be

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of harṣa-sthāna

harṣa-sthāna - place of joy, occasion for joy

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (harṣa+sthāna)

• harṣa – joy, delight, happiness
  noun (masculine)
• sthāna – place, position, occasion
  noun (neuter)

विषीदथ (viṣīdatha) - you (pl.) grieve, you despair

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sad

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

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