योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-27

अथ वर्षसहस्रेण भर्तादौ चेन्मरिष्यति ।
तत्करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान्न यास्यति ॥ २७ ॥

atha varṣasahasreṇa bhartādau cenmariṣyati ,
tatkariṣye tathā yena jīvo gehānna yāsyati 27

27. atha varṣa-sahasreṇa bhartā ādau cet mariṣyati |
tat kariṣye tathā yena jīvaḥ gehāt na yāsyati ||

27. atha cet bhartā ādau varṣa-sahasreṇa mariṣyati
tat ahaṃ tathā kariṣye yena jīvaḥ gehāt na yāsyati

27. Now, if my husband dies first within a thousand years, then I will act in such a way that my vital breath (jīva) will not depart from this body.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• वर्ष-सहस्रेण (varṣa-sahasreṇa) - by a thousand years, within a thousand years

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

• आदौ (ādau) - first, in the beginning

• चेत् (cet) - if

• मरिष्यति (mariṣyati) - will die

• तत् (tat) - then, in that case

• करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do, I will make, I will act

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in such a way

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way, so that

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - life, soul, living being, vital breath

• गेहात् (gehāt) - from the body (metaphorically) (from the house, from the body)

• न (na) - not, no

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will depart

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a new thought or condition.

वर्ष-सहस्रेण (varṣa-sahasreṇa) - by a thousand years, within a thousand years

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of varṣa-sahasra

varṣa-sahasra - a thousand years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental case indicates duration of time.

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord

from √bhṛ 'to bear, to maintain' + -tṛ suffix

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

आदौ (ādau) - first, in the beginning

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial locative.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with yadi or independently to mean 'if'.

मरिष्यति (mariṣyati) - will die

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Future Active

from √mṛ, 3rd person singular Future Active

Root: mṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, in that case

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to "cet" (if... then...).

करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do, I will make, I will act

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Middle

from √kṛ, 1st person singular Future Middle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in such a way

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to "yena" (in such a way that...).

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way, so that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, so that

Note: Adverbial usage meaning "so that" or "whereby".

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - life, soul, living being, vital breath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, soul (jīva), living being, vital breath

Root: jīv (class 1)

गेहात् (gehāt) - from the body (metaphorically) (from the house, from the body)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of geha

geha - house, dwelling, body (metaphorical)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will depart

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Active

from √yā, 3rd person singular Future Active

Root: yā (class 2)