योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-55

इत्यात्ममरणप्राप्तौ किं मुधा परितप्यसे ।
अवश्यमेव जातेन किंचित्सुविभवादिकम् ॥ ५५ ॥

ityātmamaraṇaprāptau kiṃ mudhā paritapyase ,
avaśyameva jātena kiṃcitsuvibhavādikam 55

55. iti ātmaranaprāptau kim mudhā paritapyase
avaśyam eva jātena kiñcit suvibhavādikam

55. iti ātmaranaprāptau kim mudhā paritapyase
avaśyam eva jātena kiñcit suvibhavādikam

55. Therefore, when your own death is inevitable, why do you grieve uselessly? Certainly, by one who is born, some good fortune or wealth, and so forth, must be obtained.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, therefore

• आत्मरनप्राप्तौ (ātmaranaprāptau) - in the attainment of one's own death, when one's own death is reached

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• मुधा (mudhā) - uselessly, in vain, foolishly

• परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you grieve, you suffer, you torment yourself

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, inevitably

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

• जातेन (jātena) - by one who is born, by a born being

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, some, a little

• सुविभवादिकम् (suvibhavādikam) - good fortune, wealth, prosperity, and so forth

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, therefore

(indeclinable)

Particle, often marks quotation or conclusion

आत्मरनप्राप्तौ (ātmaranaprāptau) - in the attainment of one's own death, when one's own death is reached

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of ātmaranaprāpti

ātmaranaprāpti - attainment of one's own death, reaching one's own death

Compound of 'ātman' (self), 'maraṇa' (death), and 'prāpti' (attainment)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+maraṇa+prāpti)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die) with suffix '-ana'
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition, getting
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'āp' (to obtain) with prefix 'pra-' and suffix '-ti'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Refers to the certainty or inevitability of one's own death.

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(interrogative pronoun)

मुधा (mudhā) - uselessly, in vain, foolishly

(indeclinable)

Adverb

परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you grieve, you suffer, you torment yourself

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of tap

Present middle 2nd person singular from root 'tap' with prefix 'pari-'

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 1)

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, inevitably

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

जातेन (jātena) - by one who is born, by a born being

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'jan' (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, some, a little

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kim' (what) and 'cit' (an indefinite particle)

Note: This word can also be treated as an adjective modifying suvibhavādikam.

सुविभवादिकम् (suvibhavādikam) - good fortune, wealth, prosperity, and so forth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suvibhavādika

suvibhavādika - good fortune, wealth, prosperity, and so forth

Compound of 'su' (good), 'vibhava' (fortune, wealth), and 'ādika' (etc., commencing with)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+vibhava+ādika)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• vibhava – power, wealth, prosperity, greatness
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be) with 'vi-' prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  adjective
  Derived from 'ādi' (beginning) with suffix '-ka'

Note: Object of an implied 'prāptavyam' (must be attained) from the next verse.