योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-65, verse-3

वरं वैधव्यमाबाल्याद्वरं मरणमेव च ।
वरं व्याधिरथापद्वा नाहृद्यप्रकृतिः पतिः ॥ ३ ॥

varaṃ vaidhavyamābālyādvaraṃ maraṇameva ca ,
varaṃ vyādhirathāpadvā nāhṛdyaprakṛtiḥ patiḥ 3

3. varam vaidhavyam ābālyāt varam maraṇam eva ca
varam vyādhiḥ atha āpat vā na ahṛdyaprakṛtiḥ patiḥ

3. ābālyāt vaidhavyam varam maraṇam eva ca varam
vyādhiḥ atha āpat vā varam ahṛdyaprakṛtiḥ patiḥ na

3. Better to be a widow from childhood, and indeed, even death itself is preferable. Better still are sickness or misfortune. But a husband whose intrinsic nature (prakṛti) is disagreeable is not.

Words meanings summery:

• वरम् (varam) - better, preferable, excellent

• वैधव्यम् (vaidhavyam) - widowhood

• आबाल्यात् (ābālyāt) - from childhood, since childhood

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - sickness, disease

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, or

• आपत् (āpat) - misfortune, calamity, distress

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• अहृद्यप्रकृतिः (ahṛdyaprakṛtiḥ) - one whose nature/disposition is disagreeable

• पतिः (patiḥ) - husband, master, lord

Words meanings and morphology

वरम् (varam) - better, preferable, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest; boon, blessing

वैधव्यम् (vaidhavyam) - widowhood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaidhavya

vaidhavya - widowhood

आबाल्यात् (ābālyāt) - from childhood, since childhood

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+bālya)

• ā – up to, until, from, denoting extent
  indeclinable
• bālya – childhood, infancy
  noun (neuter)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

verbal noun

Derived from root mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - sickness, disease

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādhi

vyādhi - sickness, disease, ailment

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

आपत् (āpat) - misfortune, calamity, distress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - misfortune, calamity, distress, danger

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहृद्यप्रकृतिः (ahṛdyaprakṛtiḥ) - one whose nature/disposition is disagreeable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahṛdyaprakṛti

ahṛdyaprakṛti - having a disagreeable nature/disposition

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+hṛdya+prakṛti)

• a – not, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• hṛdya – pleasant, agreeable, dear to the heart, cordial
  adjective (masculine)
• prakṛti – original or primary substance; nature, disposition, character
  noun (feminine)

पतिः (patiḥ) - husband, master, lord

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, husband

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