महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-51, verse-9

न व्याधयो नापि यमः श्रेयःप्राप्तिं प्रतीक्षते ।
यावदेव भवेत्कल्पस्तावच्छ्रेयः समाचरेत् ॥९॥

9. na vyādhayo nāpi yamaḥ śreyaḥprāptiṁ pratīkṣate ,
yāvadeva bhavetkalpastāvacchreyaḥ samācaret.

9. na vyādhayaḥ na api yamaḥ śreyaḥ prāptim pratīkṣate
yāvat eva bhavet kalpaḥ tāvat śreyaḥ samācaret

9. Diseases do not, nor does Yama (the god of death), wait for the achievement of what is beneficial. As long as one's lifespan (kalpa) endures, one should always strive for what is good.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases, illnesses

• न (na) - not, nor

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (what is beneficial, good, welfare, auspiciousness)

• प्राप्तिम् (prāptim) - attainment, achievement, acquisition

• प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - waits for, expects

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, exists

• कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - a lifetime, a lifespan (a lifetime, a day of Brahmā, a long period, a rule)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so much

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (what is beneficial, good, welfare, auspiciousness)

• समाचरेत् (samācaret) - should perform, should practice, should pursue

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

व्याधयः (vyādhayaḥ) - diseases, illnesses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, illness, malady, affliction

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death and justice), restraint, control

Root: yam (class 1)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (what is beneficial, good, welfare, auspiciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good fortune, welfare, beatitude, what is better or best, beneficial

प्राप्तिम् (prāptim) - attainment, achievement, acquisition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prāpti

prāpti - attainment, achievement, acquisition, coming, obtaining

From root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - waits for, expects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pratīkṣ

Root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'prati'

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - a lifetime, a lifespan (a lifetime, a day of Brahmā, a long period, a rule)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - a cosmic age, a day of Brahmā, a lifetime, a rule, a ceremony, possible

From root 'kḷp'

Root: kḷp (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, then, so much

(indeclinable)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (what is beneficial, good, welfare, auspiciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good fortune, welfare, beatitude, what is better or best, beneficial

समाचरेत् (samācaret) - should perform, should practice, should pursue

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of samācar

Root 'car' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)