योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-24, verse-3

पुत्र युक्त्या गृहीतोऽसौ क्षणादायाति वश्यताम् ।
युक्तिं विना दहत्येष आशीविष इवोद्धतः ॥ ३ ॥

putra yuktyā gṛhīto'sau kṣaṇādāyāti vaśyatām ,
yuktiṃ vinā dahatyeṣa āśīviṣa ivoddhataḥ 3

3. putra yuktyā gṛhītaḥ asau kṣaṇāt āyāti vaśyatām
| yuktim vinā dahati eṣaḥ āśīviṣaḥ iva uddhataḥ

3. O son, when seized by proper strategy (yukti), he instantly comes under control. Without strategy, however, he burns and destroys, like an uncontrolled, venomous snake.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative, addressing the listener) (O son)

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by strategy (to manage the minister) (by strategy, by method, by skill)

• गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (by strategy) (seized, taken, grasped)

• असौ (asau) - he (that minister) (that (person), he)

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (from a moment, instantly)

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes (under control) (comes, approaches)

• वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - under control (as a state to be attained) (control, subjection, obedience)

• युक्तिम् (yuktim) - strategy (strategy, method)

• विना (vinā) - without (strategy) (without)

• दहति (dahati) - burns and destroys (burns, consumes, destroys)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (that minister) (this, he)

• आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - a venomous snake (as a comparison) (a poisonous snake)

• इव (iva) - like (a venomous snake) (like, as, as if)

• उद्धतः (uddhataḥ) - uncontrolled, arrogant (describing the snake, or by implication, the minister) (arrogant, unrestrained, excited)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative, addressing the listener) (O son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by strategy (to manage the minister) (by strategy, by method, by skill)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - joining, union, connection, application, strategy, device, argument

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join) with suffix 'kti'.

Root: yuj (class 7)

गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (by strategy) (seized, taken, grasped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, taken, received, grasped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe 'asau'.

असौ (asau) - he (that minister) (that (person), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly (from a moment, instantly)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure

Note: Used adverbially.

आयाति (āyāti) - comes (under control) (comes, approaches)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Derived from root 'yā' (to go) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - under control (as a state to be attained) (control, subjection, obedience)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaśyatā

vaśyatā - subjection, obedience, dependence, control

Derived from 'vaśya' (obedient) with suffix 'tā' (abstract noun).

Root: vaś

युक्तिम् (yuktim) - strategy (strategy, method)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - strategy, device, application

Root: yuj (class 7)

विना (vinā) - without (strategy) (without)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs accusative (yuktim).

दहति (dahati) - burns and destroys (burns, consumes, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah

Present Active

Derived from root 'dah' in the 1st class.

Root: dah (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (that minister) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the minister.

आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - a venomous snake (as a comparison) (a poisonous snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - a snake whose poison is in its fangs

Compound: 'āśī' (fang) + 'viṣa' (poison).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśī+viṣa)

• āśī – fang, serpent's tooth
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like (a venomous snake) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

उद्धतः (uddhataḥ) - uncontrolled, arrogant (describing the snake, or by implication, the minister) (arrogant, unrestrained, excited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddhata

uddhata - lifted up, excited, arrogant, unrestrained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dhṛ' (to hold, lift) with prefix 'ud', and suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)