योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-5

शरीरनाशे नाशश्चेच्चिन्मात्रस्य तदुच्यताम् ।
हर्षस्थाने विषादः किं मरणे संसृतिक्षये ॥ ५ ॥

śarīranāśe nāśaśceccinmātrasya taducyatām ,
harṣasthāne viṣādaḥ kiṃ maraṇe saṃsṛtikṣaye 5

5. śarīranāśe nāśaḥ cet cinmātrasyā tat ucyatām
harṣasthāne viṣādaḥ kim maraṇe saṃsṛtikṣaye

5. śarīranāśe cinmātrasyā nāśaḥ cet tat ucyatām.
maraṇe saṃsṛtikṣaye harṣasthāne viṣādaḥ kim.

5. If the pure consciousness (cinmātra) is destroyed when the body perishes, then let that be declared. Why, then, is there sorrow instead of joy at death, which is the cessation of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra)?

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरनाशे (śarīranāśe) - upon the destruction of the body

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing

• चेत् (cet) - if

• चिन्मात्रस्या (cinmātrasyā) - of the pure consciousness

• तत् (tat) - referring to the statement/declaration (that, it)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be declared

• हर्षस्थाने (harṣasthāne) - in the place of joy, instead of joy

• विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - sorrow, dejection, despair

• किम् (kim) - why?, what?

• मरणे (maraṇe) - at death, in death

• संसृतिक्षये (saṁsṛtikṣaye) - at the destruction of transmigration, at the end of the cycle of existence

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरनाशे (śarīranāśe) - upon the destruction of the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarīranāśa

śarīranāśa - destruction of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+nāśa)

• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss

Root: naś (class 4)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

चिन्मात्रस्या (cinmātrasyā) - of the pure consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cinmātra

cinmātra - mere consciousness, pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+mātra)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, mere, no more than, measuring
  adjective (neuter)

Note: The ending 'ā' might be a typo in the original Devanagari or a specific sandhi context, typically it would be 'cinmātrasya'.

तत् (tat) - referring to the statement/declaration (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Could also be accusative singular

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

passive imperative

root 'vac' becomes 'uc' in passive stem; 3rd person singular, imperative mood

Root: vac (class 2)

हर्षस्थाने (harṣasthāne) - in the place of joy, instead of joy

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of harṣasthāna

harṣasthāna - place of joy, occasion for joy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (harṣa+sthāna)

• harṣa – joy, delight, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)
• sthāna – place, position, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - sorrow, dejection, despair

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - dejection, despondency, sorrow

derived from root 'sad' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why?, what?

(indeclinable)

मरणे (maraṇe) - at death, in death

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - dying, death, decease

derived from root 'mṛ'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

संसृतिक्षये (saṁsṛtikṣaye) - at the destruction of transmigration, at the end of the cycle of existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsṛtikṣaya

saṁsṛtikṣaya - destruction of transmigration, end of the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsṛti+kṣaya)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root 'sṛj' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, end
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root 'kṣi'
  Root: kṣi (class 1)