योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-22, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथवा रघुवंशाख्यनभःपूर्णनिशाकर ।
बलिवद्बुद्धिभेदेन ज्ञानमासादयामलम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
athavā raghuvaṃśākhyanabhaḥpūrṇaniśākara ,
balivadbuddhibhedena jñānamāsādayāmalam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca athavā raghuvaṃśākhyanabhaḥpūrṇaniśākara
balivat buddhibhedena jñānam āsādaya amalam

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca athavā raghuvaṃśākhyanabhaḥpūrṇaniśākara
balivat buddhibhedena amalam jñānam āsādaya

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Alternatively, O moon (niśākara) who fully illuminates the sky of the Raghu dynasty, attain pure knowledge (jñāna) through intellectual discrimination, just as Bali did.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha, the venerable)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अथवा (athavā) - Alternatively (or, alternatively)

• रघुवंशाख्यनभःपूर्णनिशाकर (raghuvaṁśākhyanabhaḥpūrṇaniśākara) - O moon (niśākara) who fully illuminates the sky of the Raghu dynasty (O moon that fills the sky named Raghu's lineage)

• बलिवत् (balivat) - just as Bali did (like Bali, as Bali)

• बुद्धिभेदेन (buddhibhedena) - through intellectual discrimination (by means of intellectual discrimination, by mental distinction)

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - pure knowledge (jñāna) (knowledge, wisdom)

• आसादय (āsādaya) - attain (obtain, reach, attain)

• अमलम् (amalam) - pure (pure, spotless, clear)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha, the venerable)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, a Vedic sage, name of a revered rishi
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas

Note: Subject of the verb 'uvāca'

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense

reduplicated perfect form

Root: vac (class 2)

अथवा (athavā) - Alternatively (or, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

रघुवंशाख्यनभःपूर्णनिशाकर (raghuvaṁśākhyanabhaḥpūrṇaniśākara) - O moon (niśākara) who fully illuminates the sky of the Raghu dynasty (O moon that fills the sky named Raghu's lineage)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghuvaṃśa+ākhya+nabhas+pūrṇa+niśākara)

• raghuvaṃśa – lineage of Raghu, Raghu dynasty
  noun (masculine)
• ākhya – named, called
  adjective (neuter)
  from ā-khyā (to name)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• niśākara – moon (night-maker)
  noun (masculine)
  from niśā (night) + kara (maker)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Addressed to Rama

बलिवत् (balivat) - just as Bali did (like Bali, as Bali)

(indeclinable)

taddhita suffix -vat

बुद्धिभेदेन (buddhibhedena) - through intellectual discrimination (by means of intellectual discrimination, by mental distinction)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of buddhibheda

buddhibheda - distinction of intellect, intellectual discrimination

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (buddhi+bheda)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• bheda – distinction, difference, discrimination, splitting
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhid (to split)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Means of obtaining jñāna

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - pure knowledge (jñāna) (knowledge, wisdom)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, realization

from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'āsādaya'

आसादय (āsādaya) - attain (obtain, reach, attain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of āsādaya

imperative

causative of ā-sad

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

अमलम् (amalam) - pure (pure, spotless, clear)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amala

amala - spotless, pure, clean, stainless

a (negation) + mala (dirt, impurity)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mala)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain, sin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies jñānam