योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-34

उपायमेकमेवेमं हरेराक्रमणे स्फुटम् ।
मन्ये तद्व्यतिरेकेण विद्यते न प्रतिक्रिया ॥ ३४ ॥

upāyamekamevemaṃ harerākramaṇe sphuṭam ,
manye tadvyatirekeṇa vidyate na pratikriyā 34

34. upāyam ekam eva imam hareḥ ākramaṇe sphuṭam
manye tat-vyatirekeṇa vidyate na pratikriyā

34. manye (aham) hareḥ ākramaṇe imam ekam eva upāyam sphuṭam.
tat-vyatirekeṇa na pratikriyā vidyate.

34. I clearly believe that this is the one and only expedient for an assault on Hari (Vishnu); without this, no counter-measure exists.

Words meanings summery:

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, expedient, method

• एकम् (ekam) - one, sole, unique

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• इमम् (imam) - this (one)

• हरेः (hareḥ) - of Hari (Vishnu/Krishna) (of Hari)

• आक्रमणे (ākramaṇe) - in the attack, for the assault

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, evidently, distinctly

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• तत्-व्यतिरेकेण (tat-vyatirekeṇa) - without that, except for that

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) - counter-measure, remedy, retaliation

Words meanings and morphology

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, expedient, method

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device, stratagem

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

एकम् (ekam) - one, sole, unique

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

इमम् (imam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

हरेः (hareḥ) - of Hari (Vishnu/Krishna) (of Hari)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hari

hari - Hari (a name of Vishnu/Krishna), lion, monkey, sun, Indra

आक्रमणे (ākramaṇe) - in the attack, for the assault

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ākramaṇa

ākramaṇa - attacking, assaulting, assailing, seizing

Derived from root 'kram' (to step, go) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, evidently, distinctly

(indeclinable)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Tense

Root 'man', class 4, present middle 1st singular.

Root: man (class 4)

तत्-व्यतिरेकेण (tat-vyatirekeṇa) - without that, except for that

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tat-vyatireka

tat-vyatireka - exception of that, without that

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+vyatireka)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vyatireka – exception, absence, exclusion, distinction
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'ric' (to leave) with prefixes 'vi-ati'.
  Prefixes: vi+ati
  Root: ric (class 7)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Tense

Root 'vid', class 2, present middle 3rd singular.

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) - counter-measure, remedy, retaliation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratikriyā

pratikriyā - counter-action, remedy, retaliation, counter-measure

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: kṛ (class 8)