योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-22

ब्रह्मैवाहं जगच्चात्र कुतो नाशसमुद्भवौ ।
अतो हर्षविषादानां किंत्वेव कथमास्पदम् ॥ २२ ॥

brahmaivāhaṃ jagaccātra kuto nāśasamudbhavau ,
ato harṣaviṣādānāṃ kiṃtveva kathamāspadam 22

22. brahma eva aham jagat ca atra kutaḥ nāśa-samudbhavau
ataḥ harṣa-viṣādānām kintu eva katham āspadam

22. aham brahma eva,
ca atra jagat (api brahma).
kutaḥ nāśa-samudbhavau? ataḥ,
harṣa-viṣādānām āspadam katham eva kintu (syāt)?

22. I am indeed brahman (brahman), and this world is also brahman. From where, then, can there be creation and dissolution? Therefore, how can there truly be any basis for joys and sorrows?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (place/context)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

• नाश-समुद्भवौ (nāśa-samudbhavau) - origin and destruction, dissolution and arising

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• हर्ष-विषादानाम् (harṣa-viṣādānām) - of joys and sorrows

• किन्तु (kintu) - but, however, nevertheless

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode, place, object, basis

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the Supreme Being; sacred word, prayer

Root: bṛh

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we, myself, ourselves

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, the universe

Present active participle of √gam (to go), used as a substantive noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (place/context)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

नाश-समुद्भवौ (nāśa-samudbhavau) - origin and destruction, dissolution and arising

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nāśa-samudbhava

nāśa-samudbhava - destruction and origin, dissolution and arising

Dvanda compound of nāśa (destruction) and samudbhava (origin).

Compound type : dvandva (nāśa+samudbhava)

• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss, dissolution
  noun (masculine)
  From root √naś (to perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• samudbhava – origin, birth, production, arising
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix sam- + ud- + root √bhū (to be, arise).
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Dual form for 'destruction and origin'.

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of inference.

हर्ष-विषादानाम् (harṣa-viṣādānām) - of joys and sorrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of harṣa-viṣāda

harṣa-viṣāda - joy and sorrow, happiness and dejection

Dvanda compound of harṣa (joy) and viṣāda (sorrow).

Compound type : dvandva (harṣa+viṣāda)

• harṣa – joy, delight, gladness
  noun (masculine)
  From root √hṛṣ (to rejoice).
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)
• viṣāda – sorrow, dejection, sadness, despair
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix vi- + root √sad (to sink, to despair).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sad (class 1)

किन्तु (kintu) - but, however, nevertheless

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode, place, object, basis

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āspada

āspada - place, abode, seat, object, receptacle, basis

From ā- + √pad (to go, stand).

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)