महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-317, verse-12

भैषज्यमेतद्दुःखस्य यदेतन्नानुचिन्तयेत् ।
चिन्त्यमानं हि न व्येति भूयश्चापि प्रवर्धते ॥१२॥

12. bhaiṣajyametadduḥkhasya yadetannānucintayet ,
cintyamānaṁ hi na vyeti bhūyaścāpi pravardhate.

12. bhaiṣajyam etat duḥkhasya yat etat na anucintayet
cintyamānam hi na vyeti bhūyaḥ ca api pravardhate

12. etat duḥkhasya bhaiṣajyam yat etat na anucintayet.
hi cintyamānam (sat) na vyeti,
ca api bhūyaḥ pravardhate

12. This is the medicine for sorrow (duḥkha): that one should not dwell on it. For when it is contemplated, it certainly does not diminish; instead, it grows further.

Words meanings summery:

• भैषज्यम् (bhaiṣajyam) - medicine, remedy, cure

• एतत् (etat) - this

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, for sorrow

• यत् (yat) - that which, because

• एतत् (etat) - this

• न (na) - not

• अनुचिन्तयेत् (anucintayet) - one should think about/dwell on

• चिन्त्यमानम् (cintyamānam) - being thought about, being contemplated

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• न (na) - not

• व्येति (vyeti) - diminishes, disappears, passes away

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• प्रवर्धते (pravardhate) - grows, increases, develops

Words meanings and morphology

भैषज्यम् (bhaiṣajyam) - medicine, remedy, cure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaiṣajya

bhaiṣajya - medicine, remedy, cure

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of sorrow, for sorrow

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, misery, pain

यत् (yat) - that which, because

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Object of 'anucintayet'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनुचिन्तयेत् (anucintayet) - one should think about/dwell on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of anucint

Prefix: anu

Root: cint (class 10)

चिन्त्यमानम् (cintyamānam) - being thought about, being contemplated

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cintyamāna

cintyamāna - being thought, being contemplated

Present Passive Participle

root cint + -yamāna

Root: cint (class 10)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

व्येति (vyeti) - diminishes, disappears, passes away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vī

Prefix: vi

Root: i (class 2)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्धते (pravardhate) - grows, increases, develops

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pravṛdh

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛdh (class 1)