योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-28

अपि जीवितदानेन गुणिनं परिपालयेत् ।
गुणवत्संगमौषध्या मृत्युरप्येति मित्रताम् ॥ २८ ॥

api jīvitadānena guṇinaṃ paripālayet ,
guṇavatsaṃgamauṣadhyā mṛtyurapyeti mitratām 28

28. api jīvitadānena guṇinam paripālayet
guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhyā mṛtyuḥ api eti mitratām

28. api jīvitadānena guṇinam paripālayet
guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhyā mṛtyuḥ api mitratām eti

28. One should protect a virtuous person even by sacrificing one's own life. For, through the remedy (auṣadhyā) of associating with virtuous people, even death (mṛtyuḥ) itself attains friendship.

28. יש להגן על איש מעלה אפילו במחיר החיים עצמם; בזכות התרופה של קרבה לבעלי מעלות, אפילו המוות הופך לידיד.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• जीवितदानेन (jīvitadānena) - by the giving of life, by the sacrifice of life

• गुणिनम् (guṇinam) - a virtuous person, a person with good qualities

• परिपालयेत् (paripālayet) - one should protect, one should guard

• गुणवत्सङ्गमौषध्या (guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhyā) - by the medicine of association with virtuous people

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• एति (eti) - attains, comes, goes

• मित्रताम् (mitratām) - friendship

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

जीवितदानेन (jīvitadānena) - by the giving of life, by the sacrifice of life

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvitadāna

jīvitadāna - the giving (dāna) of life, sacrifice of life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvita+dāna)

• jīvita – life, living, lived
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jīv- 'to live' with -ita suffix.
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• dāna – giving, gift, donation, offering (dāna)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā (class 3)

गुणिनम् (guṇinam) - a virtuous person, a person with good qualities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇin

guṇin - possessing good qualities, virtuous, meritorious

Suffix -in added to guṇa

Note: Functions as a noun here.

परिपालयेत् (paripālayet) - one should protect, one should guard

(verb)

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

Causative of pālay (from root pā- 'to protect') with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

गुणवत्सङ्गमौषध्या (guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhyā) - by the medicine of association with virtuous people

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhi

guṇavatsaṅgamauṣadhi - medicine (auṣadhyā) of the association (saṅgama) with virtuous people (guṇavat)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇavat+saṅgama+auṣadhi)

• guṇavat – virtuous, possessing good qualities
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -vat added to guṇa
• saṅgama – association, union, meeting, contact
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• auṣadhi – herb, medicine, drug
  noun (feminine)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - attains, comes, goes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

मित्रताम् (mitratām) - friendship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mitratā

mitratā - friendship, friendliness

Derived from mitra (friend) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

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