योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-35

न वरमाधिमयं चिरजीवितं न च वरं मरणं दृढमूढता ।
न च वरं नरको न च विष्टपं स्थितिमुपैति हि न क्वचिदाशयः ॥ ३५ ॥

na varamādhimayaṃ cirajīvitaṃ na ca varaṃ maraṇaṃ dṛḍhamūḍhatā ,
na ca varaṃ narako na ca viṣṭapaṃ sthitimupaiti hi na kvacidāśayaḥ 35

35. na varam ādhimayam cirajīvitam na
ca varam maraṇam dṛḍhamūḍhatā na
ca varam narakaḥ na ca viṣṭapam
sthitim upaiti hi na kvacit āśayaḥ

35. ādhimayam cirajīvitam na varam.
ca dṛḍhamūḍhatā maraṇam na varam.
ca narakaḥ na varam.
ca viṣṭapam na varam.
hi āśayaḥ kvacit sthitim na upaiti.

35. A long life full of mental anguish is not preferable. Nor is death accompanied by firm delusion (mūḍhatā) preferable. Neither is hell preferable, nor is heaven (viṣṭapam), for indeed, the mind (āśaya) finds no lasting stability (sthiti) anywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

• आधिमयम् (ādhimayam) - full of mental anguish (full of mental anguish/anxiety, painful)

• चिरजीवितम् (cirajīvitam) - long life (long life, living long)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

• वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

• दृढमूढता (dṛḍhamūḍhatā) - firm delusion (mūḍhatā) (firm delusion, resolute ignorance)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

• वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

• नरकः (narakaḥ) - hell (hell, Hades)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

• विष्टपम् (viṣṭapam) - heaven (heaven, world, celestial abode)

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - lasting stability (sthiti) (state, condition, steadiness, stability, situation)

• उपैति (upaiti) - finds (approaches, attains, undergoes)

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

• न (na) - not, no

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, by chance)

• आशयः (āśayaḥ) - mind (āśaya) (intention, purpose, mind, heart, receptacle)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice, preferable

Note: Used adverbially as 'preferably' or predicatively as 'is preferable'.

आधिमयम् (ādhimayam) - full of mental anguish (full of mental anguish/anxiety, painful)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ādhimaya

ādhimaya - full of ādhi (mental pain, anxiety), painful, mental

From ādhi + -maya (full of)

चिरजीवितम् (cirajīvitam) - long life (long life, living long)

(noun)

neuter, singular of cirajīvita

cirajīvita - long life, prolonged existence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cira+jīvita)

• cira – long, lasting (time), for a long time
  adjective
• jīvita – life, living, lived
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice, preferable

Note: Used adverbially as 'preferably' or predicatively as 'is preferable'.

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Derived from root √mṛ (to die) with nominalizing suffix -aṇa.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

दृढमूढता (dṛḍhamūḍhatā) - firm delusion (mūḍhatā) (firm delusion, resolute ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛḍhamūḍhatā

dṛḍhamūḍhatā - firm/strong delusion or ignorance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛḍha+mūḍhatā)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, resolute, fixed
  adjective
• mūḍhatā – delusion, foolishness, ignorance, bewilderment
  noun (feminine)
  From mūḍha (deluded) + -tā (feminine noun suffix).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - preferable (preferable, excellent, boon, choice)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, boon, choice, preferable

Note: Used adverbially as 'preferably' or predicatively as 'is preferable'.

नरकः (narakaḥ) - hell (hell, Hades)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, Hades, underworld

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

विष्टपम् (viṣṭapam) - heaven (heaven, world, celestial abode)

(noun)

neuter, singular of viṣṭapa

viṣṭapa - heaven, world, celestial abode, region

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - lasting stability (sthiti) (state, condition, steadiness, stability, situation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, existing, state, condition, steadiness, stability, situation

Derived from root √sthā (to stand) with suffix -ti.

Root: sthā (class 1)

उपैति (upaiti) - finds (approaches, attains, undergoes)

(verb)

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

Root √i (to go) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (somewhere, anywhere, at some time, by chance)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base ka- + suffix -cit.

Note: Often used with negation (na kvacit) meaning 'nowhere'.

आशयः (āśayaḥ) - mind (āśaya) (intention, purpose, mind, heart, receptacle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśaya

āśaya - intention, purpose, meaning, mind, heart, receptacle, seat

From prefix ā- + root √śī (to lie, rest) with suffix -a.

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)