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?

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)