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.

3. בני, אם מטפלים בו בתחבולה ובשיטה הנכונה, הוא נכנע כהרף עין; אך ללא הגישה הנכונה, הוא שורף הכול כמו נחש ארסי וזועם.

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)

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