योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-33, verse-15

इहलोकचिकित्साभिर्जीवितं यातु मा क्षयम् ।
आत्मज्ञानौषधैरज्ञाः परलोकश्चिकित्स्यताम् ॥ १५ ॥

ihalokacikitsābhirjīvitaṃ yātu mā kṣayam ,
ātmajñānauṣadhairajñāḥ paralokaścikitsyatām 15

15. ihaloka-cikitsābhiḥ jīvitam yātu mā kṣayam
ātmajñāna-auṣadhaiḥ ajñāḥ paralokaḥ cikitsyatām

15. ajñāḥ ihaloka-cikitsābhiḥ jīvitam kṣayam mā
yātu ātmajñāna-auṣadhaiḥ paralokaḥ cikitsyatām

15. May life not be wasted on treatments for this world. O ignorant ones, let the next world (paraloka) be treated with the medicine of self-knowledge (ātmajñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• इहलोक-चिकित्साभिः (ihaloka-cikitsābhiḥ) - by treatments for this world (by the treatments of this world)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

• यातु (yātu) - may it go (let it go, may it go, he/she/it should go)

• मा (mā) - may not (prohibitive) (do not, not (prohibitive))

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, waste (destruction, decay, loss, decline)

• आत्मज्ञान-औषधैः (ātmajñāna-auṣadhaiḥ) - with the medicine of self-knowledge (ātmajñāna) (by the medicines of self-knowledge)

• अज्ञाः (ajñāḥ) - O ignorant ones (ignorant, foolish; O ignorant ones)

• परलोकः (paralokaḥ) - the next world (paraloka) (the other world, the next world, heaven)

• चिकित्स्यताम् (cikitsyatām) - let it be treated (let it be treated, let it be cured)

Words meanings and morphology

इहलोक-चिकित्साभिः (ihaloka-cikitsābhiḥ) - by treatments for this world (by the treatments of this world)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ihaloka-cikitsā

ihaloka-cikitsā - treatment for this world, worldly remedies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ihaloka+cikitsā)

• iha – here, in this world, this
  indeclinable
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)
• cikitsā – medical treatment, remedy, cure, practice of medicine
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative derivative of root 'kit' (to heal)
  Root: kit

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, living

Past Passive Participle

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

यातु (yātu) - may it go (let it go, may it go, he/she/it should go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Imperative active

3rd person singular, imperative mood, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

मा (mā) - may not (prohibitive) (do not, not (prohibitive))

(indeclinable)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, waste (destruction, decay, loss, decline)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, decline, loss, end

From root kṣi (to destroy, to wane)

Root: kṣi (class 1)

आत्मज्ञान-औषधैः (ātmajñāna-auṣadhaiḥ) - with the medicine of self-knowledge (ātmajñāna) (by the medicines of self-knowledge)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ātmajñāna-auṣadha

ātmajñāna-auṣadha - medicine of self-knowledge, remedy of spiritual insight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātmajñāna+auṣadha)

• ātman – self, soul, supreme spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, spiritual knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• auṣadha – medicine, drug, herb, remedy
  noun (neuter)

अज्ञाः (ajñāḥ) - O ignorant ones (ignorant, foolish; O ignorant ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of ajña

ajña - ignorant, foolish, unknowing

Negation 'a' + 'jña' (knower)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jña)

• a – not, un-, without (negative prefix)
  prefix
• jña – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

परलोकः (paralokaḥ) - the next world (paraloka) (the other world, the next world, heaven)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paraloka

paraloka - the other world, the next world, the afterlife, heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka)

• para – other, distant, supreme, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)

चिकित्स्यताम् (cikitsyatām) - let it be treated (let it be treated, let it be cured)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of cikits

Imperative passive

3rd person singular, imperative mood, passive voice. Denominative verb from cikitsā (treatment)

Root: kit

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