योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-2

यावज्जीवं सुखं जीवेन्नास्ति मृत्युरगोचरः ।
भस्मीभूतस्य शान्तस्य पुनरागमनं कुतः ॥ २ ॥

yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ jīvennāsti mṛtyuragocaraḥ ,
bhasmībhūtasya śāntasya punarāgamanaṃ kutaḥ 2

2. yāvat jīvam sukham jīvet na asti mṛtyuḥ agocaraḥ
bhasmībhūtasya śāntasya punaḥ āgamanam kutaḥ

2. yāvat jīvam (ayam) sukham jīvet; mṛtyuḥ agocaraḥ na asti.
bhasmībhūtasya śāntasya punaḥ āgamanam kutaḥ (syāt)?

2. One should live happily as long as one is alive. Death is not beyond observation. Once reduced to ashes and pacified, from where could there be a return?

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while, until

• जीवम् (jīvam) - life, lifetime (accusative used adverbially: during life)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, pleasantly, in comfort

• जीवेत् (jīvet) - one should live, may one live

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• अगोचरः (agocaraḥ) - imperceptible, beyond perception, unseen

• भस्मीभूतस्य (bhasmībhūtasya) - of the dead person whose body has been cremated and turned into ashes (of one who has become ashes, of the one turned to dust)

• शान्तस्य (śāntasya) - of the one who has found peace (in death) (of the tranquil one, of the pacified one (dead))

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, furthermore

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - return, specifically rebirth (coming back, return, rebirth)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, how

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while, until

(indeclinable)

जीवम् (jīvam) - life, lifetime (accusative used adverbially: during life)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, living being, soul, individual self

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'throughout life' or 'as long as one lives'.

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, pleasantly, in comfort

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort, ease

Note: Used adverbially.

जीवेत् (jīvet) - one should live, may one live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अगोचरः (agocaraḥ) - imperceptible, beyond perception, unseen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agocara

agocara - imperceptible, beyond the reach of the senses or intellect, unperceivable

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+gocara)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• gocara – reach, range, sphere, object of sense, perceivable
  noun (masculine)

भस्मीभूतस्य (bhasmībhūtasya) - of the dead person whose body has been cremated and turned into ashes (of one who has become ashes, of the one turned to dust)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhasmībhūta

bhasmībhūta - turned into ashes, reduced to ashes

Past Passive Participle

Formed from `bhasman` (ashes) + `bhūta` (become), a compound participle.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhasman+bhūta)

• bhasman – ashes
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, been, past, existing
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

शान्तस्य (śāntasya) - of the one who has found peace (in death) (of the tranquil one, of the pacified one (dead))

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, peaceful, tranquil, appeased, ceased, extinguished

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root śam (to be calm, to cease) + kta suffix.

Root: śam (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, furthermore

(indeclinable)

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - return, specifically rebirth (coming back, return, rebirth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - coming, approach, return, arrival, coming forth

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, how

(indeclinable)