योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-6, verse-13

तस्मात्पुरुषयत्नेन मुख्यमौषधमाहरेत् ।
सच्छास्त्रसज्जनासङ्गौ संसृतिव्याधिनाशनौ ॥ १३ ॥

tasmātpuruṣayatnena mukhyamauṣadhamāharet ,
sacchāstrasajjanāsaṅgau saṃsṛtivyādhināśanau 13

13. tasmāt puruṣa-yatnena mukhyam auṣadham āharet
sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅgau saṃsṛti-vyādhi-nāśanau

13. tasmāt puruṣa-yatnena mukhyam auṣadham āharet.
sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅgau saṃsṛti-vyādhi-nāśanau.

13. Therefore, through human effort (puruṣa-yatna), one should obtain the primary medicine, which consists of good scriptures and the association with good people, both of which destroy the disease of transmigration (saṃsāra).

13. על כן, באמצעות מאמץ אישי, יש להשיג את התרופה העיקרית: התמסרות לכתבי הקודש האמיתיים וקרבתם של אנשים ישרים, המכלות את מחלת סבך הקיום התופעתי.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• पुरुष-यत्नेन (puruṣa-yatnena) - by human effort

• मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - chief, principal, primary

• औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine, drug

• आहरेत् (āharet) - one should obtain, one should bring

• सत्-शास्त्र-सत्-जन-आसङ्गौ (sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅgau) - good scriptures and association with good people

• संसृति-व्याधि-नाशनौ (saṁsṛti-vyādhi-nāśanau) - destroyers of the disease of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from ablative form.

पुरुष-यत्नेन (puruṣa-yatnena) - by human effort

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of puruṣa-yatna

puruṣa-yatna - human effort, personal exertion

Compound of 'puruṣa' (man, person) and 'yatna' (effort).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+yatna)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)

मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - chief, principal, primary

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, main, primary, foremost

Note: Modifies 'auṣadham'.

औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine, drug

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of auṣadha

auṣadha - medicine, herb, drug

आहरेत् (āharet) - one should obtain, one should bring

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of ā-hṛ

Root 'hṛ' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सत्-शास्त्र-सत्-जन-आसङ्गौ (sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅgau) - good scriptures and association with good people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅga

sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅga - good scriptures and the company of good people

Compound of 'sat-śāstra' (good scripture) and 'sat-jana-āsaṅga' (association with good people), forming a Dvandva (copulative) compound or a complex Tatpuruṣa followed by Dvandva.

Compound type : Dvandva (sat-śāstra+sat-jana-āsaṅga)

• sat-śāstra – good scripture, true scripture
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'sat' (good, true) and 'śāstra' (scripture).
• sat-jana-āsaṅga – association with good people
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'sat-jana' (good people) and 'āsaṅga' (association).

संसृति-व्याधि-नाशनौ (saṁsṛti-vyādhi-nāśanau) - destroyers of the disease of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃsṛti-vyādhi-nāśana

saṁsṛti-vyādhi-nāśana - destroying the disease of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Compound of 'saṃsṛti-vyādhi' (disease of transmigration) and 'nāśana' (destroying).

Compound type : Genitive Tatpuruṣa (saṃsṛti-vyādhi+nāśana)

• saṃsṛti-vyādhi – disease of transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'saṃsṛti' (transmigration, saṃsāra) and 'vyādhi' (disease).
• nāśana – destroying, causing to perish, destroyer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Gerundive
  Derived from root 'naś' (to perish, destroy) with suffix 'ana'.
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'sat-śāstra-sat-jana-āsaṅgau'.

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