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2,16

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-31

एकस्मिन्नेव फलदे गुणे बलमुपागते ।
क्षीयन्ते सर्व एवाशु दोषा विवशचेतसः ॥ ३१ ॥
ekasminneva phalade guṇe balamupāgate ,
kṣīyante sarva evāśu doṣā vivaśacetasaḥ 31
31. ekasmin eva phalade guṇe balam upāgate
kṣīyante sarve eva āśu doṣāḥ vivaśa-cetasaḥ
31. ekasmin eva phalade guṇe balam upāgate
vivaśa-cetasaḥ sarve doṣāḥ eva āśu kṣīyante
31. When strength (balam) is attained in even one productive quality (guṇa), all the faults of a mind that has become powerless quickly diminish.

Words meanings summery:

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  • एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in even one (in one, in a single)
  • एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
  • फलदे (phalade) - productive, yielding results (fruit-giving, yielding results, productive)
  • गुणे (guṇe) - in virtue (in quality, in virtue)
  • बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
  • उपागते (upāgate) - having been attained, having come (having come, obtained, achieved, approached)
  • क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they vanish (they perish, they diminish, they waste away)
  • सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
  • एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
  • आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)
  • दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, vices (faults, defects, vices)
  • विवश-चेतसः (vivaśa-cetasaḥ) - of a mind that has become powerless (of the helpless mind; whose mind is powerless)

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in even one (in one, in a single)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of eka
eka - one, single, unique, alone
एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
फलदे (phalade) - productive, yielding results (fruit-giving, yielding results, productive)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of phalada
phalada - fruit-giving, productive, yielding results, beneficial
From phala (fruit, result) + da (giving, bestowing)
Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+da)
  • phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
    noun (neuter)
  • da – giving, bestowing, granting
    adjective
    Agent suffix
    From √dā (to give)
    Root: dā (class 1)
गुणे (guṇe) - in virtue (in quality, in virtue)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of guṇa
guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, excellence, constituent (of prakṛti)
बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bala
bala - strength, power, force, vigor, army, host
Root: bal (class 1)
उपागते (upāgate) - having been attained, having come (having come, obtained, achieved, approached)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of upāgata
upāgata - come near, arrived, attained, obtained, approached
Past Passive Participle
From upa-ā- + √gam (to go)
Prefixes: upa+ā
Root: gam (class 1)
क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they vanish (they perish, they diminish, they waste away)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kṣī
Present Indicative
From √kṣi (to perish, to destroy). Class 9, often used in passive or middle voice.
Root: kṣi (class 9)
सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)
(indeclinable)
दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, vices (faults, defects, vices)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa
doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, blemish, harm
From √duṣ (to be bad, to err)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
Note: Subject of kṣīyante.
विवश-चेतसः (vivaśa-cetasaḥ) - of a mind that has become powerless (of the helpless mind; whose mind is powerless)
(adjective)
Genitive, neuter, singular of vivaśacetas
vivaśacetas - having a helpless mind, whose mind is powerless
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vivaśa+cetas)
  • vivaśa – helpless, dependent, powerless, constrained
    adjective
    From vi- + vaśa (control, power)
    Prefix: vi
  • cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness, heart
    noun (neuter)
    From √cit (to perceive, to think)
    Root: cit (class 1)
Note: Qualifies doṣāḥ as 'the faults of the helpless mind'.