योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-31, verse-17

व्यवहारवतो युक्त्या दुःखं नायाति मे यया ।
अथवा व्यवहारस्य ब्रूत तां युक्तिमुत्तमाम् ॥ १७ ॥

vyavahāravato yuktyā duḥkhaṃ nāyāti me yayā ,
athavā vyavahārasya brūta tāṃ yuktimuttamām 17

17. vyavahāravataḥ yuktyā duḥkhaṃ na āyāti me yayā
athavā vyavahārasya brūta tām yuktim uttamām

17. (he) vyavahāravataḥ me yayā yuktyā duḥkhaṃ na āyāti,
(tāṃ yuktim) brūta.
athavā,
vyavahārasya tām uttamām yuktim brūta.

17. Please explain the method (yukti) by which suffering (duḥkha) does not come to me, who is engaged in worldly affairs. Or, alternatively, explain that excellent method (yukti) for dealing with worldly affairs.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवहारवतः (vyavahāravataḥ) - of one engaged in worldly affairs/conduct

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method, by reason

• दुःखं (duḥkhaṁ) - suffering, sorrow, misery

• न (na) - not, no

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

• व्यवहारस्य (vyavahārasya) - of worldly affairs, of conduct, of practice

• ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, speak, explain (you all)

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• युक्तिम् (yuktim) - means, method, reason, logic

• उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - excellent, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवहारवतः (vyavahāravataḥ) - of one engaged in worldly affairs/conduct

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vyavahāravat

vyavahāravat - one engaged in worldly affairs, active, practical

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by means, by method, by reason

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - means, method, reason, logic, propriety, connection

Root: √yuj (class 7)

दुःखं (duḥkhaṁ) - suffering, sorrow, misery

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, sorrow, misery, pain, distress

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-√yā

Prefix: ā

Root: √yā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, my

यया (yayā) - by which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

व्यवहारस्य (vyavahārasya) - of worldly affairs, of conduct, of practice

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - worldly affairs, conduct, practice, transaction, usage

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, speak, explain (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Root: √brū (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, she, it

युक्तिम् (yuktim) - means, method, reason, logic

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - means, method, reason, logic, propriety, connection

Root: √yuj (class 7)

उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, supreme, excellent, principal