योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-25

मृतस्य देहलाभश्चेन्नव एव तदुत्सवः ।
मृतिर्नाशो हि देहस्य सा मृतिः परमं सुखम् ॥ २५ ॥

mṛtasya dehalābhaścennava eva tadutsavaḥ ,
mṛtirnāśo hi dehasya sā mṛtiḥ paramaṃ sukham 25

25. mṛtasya dehalābhaḥ cet nava eva tat utsavaḥ |
mṛtiḥ nāśaḥ hi dehasya sā mṛtiḥ paramam sukham ||

25. mṛtasya dehalābhaḥ cet tat nava utsavaḥ eva
mṛtiḥ hi dehasya nāśaḥ sā mṛtiḥ paramam sukham

25. If one who has died obtains a new body, that is indeed a new celebration. Death, after all, is the destruction of the body; therefore, such a death is supreme happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the dead one, of one who has died

• देहलाभः (dehalābhaḥ) - gain of a body, acquisition of a body

• चेत् (cet) - if, in case that

• नव (nava) - new, fresh, young

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

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• उत्सवः (utsavaḥ) - festival, celebration, joyous occasion

• मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, loss

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

• देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

• सा (sā) - that, she

• मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

Words meanings and morphology

मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the dead one, of one who has died

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased; a dead person

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root mṛ (to die), suffix -ta

Root: mṛ (class 1)

देहलाभः (dehalābhaḥ) - gain of a body, acquisition of a body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehalābha

dehalābha - acquisition of a body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+lābha)

• deha – body, form, physical existence
  noun (masculine)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit, obtaining
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - new, fresh, young

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nava

nava - new, fresh, young, recent

Note: Agrees with 'utsavaḥ'

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

उत्सवः (utsavaḥ) - festival, celebration, joyous occasion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utsava

utsava - festival, feast, celebration, joyful occasion, merriment

Prefix: ud

Root: sū (class 1)

मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, decease, mortality

Derived from the root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, annihilation, loss, ruin, disappearance

Derived from the root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, physical existence

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, she

Note: Refers to 'mṛtiḥ'

मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, decease, mortality

Root: mṛ (class 1)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, ultimate

Note: Agrees with 'sukham'

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort, ease