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.

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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