योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-10

न श्रीः सुखाय भगवन्दुःखायैव हि वर्धते ।
गुप्ता विनाशनं धत्ते मृतिं विषलता यथा ॥ १० ॥

na śrīḥ sukhāya bhagavanduḥkhāyaiva hi vardhate ,
guptā vināśanaṃ dhatte mṛtiṃ viṣalatā yathā 10

10. na śrīḥ sukhāya bhagavan duḥkhāya eva hi vardhate
guptā vināśanam dhatte mṛtim viṣalatā yathā

10. O Lord, prosperity does not truly bring happiness; it indeed only increases suffering. Even when carefully guarded, it leads to ruin and death, just like a poisonous vine.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune)

• सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness (for happiness, for joy)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord (O Lord, O venerable one, O blessed one)

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering (for suffering, for misery, for sorrow)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, indeed, just, precisely)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases (grows, increases, prospers)

• गुप्ता (guptā) - guarded, protected (guarded, protected, hidden)

• विनाशनम् (vināśanam) - destruction, ruin (destruction, ruin, perishing)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - causes, brings about (holds, bears, places, causes, brings about)

• मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death (death, dying)

• विषलता (viṣalatā) - poisonous vine (poison creeper, poisonous vine)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

Root: śrī (class 1)

सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness (for happiness, for joy)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord (O Lord, O venerable one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, venerable, divine, glorious, blessed

Derived from bhaga + matUP

Root: bhaj (class 1)

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering (for suffering, for misery, for sorrow)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, misery, sorrow, pain

एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, indeed, just, precisely)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because, for)

(indeclinable)

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases (grows, increases, prospers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

From root vṛdh (class 1, A)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

गुप्ता (guptā) - guarded, protected (guarded, protected, hidden)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gupta

gupta - guarded, protected, hidden

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root gup

Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `śrīḥ`.

विनाशनम् (vināśanam) - destruction, ruin (destruction, ruin, perishing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vināśana

vināśana - destruction, ruin, undoing

Action noun

Derived from vi-√naś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

धत्ते (dhatte) - causes, brings about (holds, bears, places, causes, brings about)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

From root dhā (class 3, U)

Root: dhā (class 3)

मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

विषलता (viṣalatā) - poisonous vine (poison creeper, poisonous vine)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣalatā

viṣalatā - poisonous creeper, poisonous vine

Compound of viṣa (poison) and latā (creeper)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (viṣa+latā)

• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, plant
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)