योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-24, verse-16

बलिरुवाच ।
या युक्तिर्भगवंस्तस्य चित्तस्याक्रमणे स्फुटम् ।
तां मे कथय तत्तावद्यथा जेष्यामि दारुणम् ॥ १६ ॥

baliruvāca ,
yā yuktirbhagavaṃstasya cittasyākramaṇe sphuṭam ,
tāṃ me kathaya tattāvadyathā jeṣyāmi dāruṇam 16

16. baliḥ uvāca yā yuktiḥ bhagavan tasya cittasya ākramaṇe
sphuṭam tām me kathaya tat tāvat yathā jeṣyāmi dāruṇam

16. baliḥ uvāca bhagavan tasya cittasya ākramaṇe yā sphuṭam
yuktiḥ tām me tāvat kathaya yathā jeṣyāmi dāruṇam

16. Bali said: "O venerable one, please tell me the clear method for conquering that mind, so that I may indeed overcome this formidable (foe)."

Words meanings summery:

• बलिः (baliḥ) - King Bali (Bali (name of a king/demon))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• या (yā) - which (method) (which, who, that which)

• युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - strategy or method (method, strategy, application, reasoning)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (O Lord, O venerable one)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (mind) (of that)

• चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind (of the mind, of the heart)

• आक्रमणे (ākramaṇe) - in conquering, for the conquest of (in conquering, in overcoming, in assailing)

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear (method) (clear, evident, manifest)

• ताम् (tām) - that (method) (that, her)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• कथय (kathaya) - tell (me) (tell, narrate, speak)

• तत् (tat) - indeed, then (that, then, therefore)

• तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, first of all (so much, meanwhile, indeed, first of all)

• यथा (yathā) - so that (as, so that, in order that)

• जेष्यामि (jeṣyāmi) - I may conquer (I shall conquer, I will overcome)

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - the formidable (foe, i.e., mind) (terrible, formidable, fierce)

Words meanings and morphology

बलिः (baliḥ) - King Bali (Bali (name of a king/demon))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - oblation, tribute, offering, King Bali

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root: vac (class 2)

या (yā) - which (method) (which, who, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - strategy or method (method, strategy, application, reasoning)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - junction, application, strategy, method, reasoning, argument

Derived from the root yuj (to join, connect, apply)

Root: yuj (class 7)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (O Lord, O venerable one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine, Lord

तस्य (tasya) - of that (mind) (of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

चित्तस्य (cittasya) - of the mind (of the mind, of the heart)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, heart

Past Passive Participle (originally)

Derived from the root cit (to perceive, think) and functions as a noun

Root: cit (class 1)

आक्रमणे (ākramaṇe) - in conquering, for the conquest of (in conquering, in overcoming, in assailing)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ākramaṇa

ākramaṇa - assault, attack, conquest, overpowering

Verbal Noun

Derived from the root kram (to step, go) with prefix ā (towards, unto)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clear (method) (clear, evident, manifest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, evident, manifest, distinct, expanded, blooming

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

ताम् (tām) - that (method) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

1st person pronoun

कथय (kathaya) - tell (me) (tell, narrate, speak)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Causative stem of 'kṛt' (to praise), or a denominative verb from 'kathā' (story)

Root: kath (class 10)

तत् (tat) - indeed, then (that, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, first of all (so much, meanwhile, indeed, first of all)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - so that (as, so that, in order that)

(indeclinable)

जेष्यामि (jeṣyāmi) - I may conquer (I shall conquer, I will overcome)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ji

Future Tense

Root: ji (class 1)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - the formidable (foe, i.e., mind) (terrible, formidable, fierce)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce, harsh

Note: Refers to the formidable mind as an adversary.