योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-92, verse-33

उपविश्योपविश्यैकचित्तकेन मुहुर्मुहुः ।
अथवैनं क्रमं त्यक्त्वा चित्ताक्रमणमेव चेत् ॥ ३३ ॥

upaviśyopaviśyaikacittakena muhurmuhuḥ ,
athavainaṃ kramaṃ tyaktvā cittākramaṇameva cet 33

33. upaviśya upaviśya ekacittakena muhuḥ muhuḥ |
athavā enam kramam tyaktvā cittākramaṇam eva cet

33. ekacittakena muhuḥ muhuḥ upaviśya upaviśya
athavā enam kramam tyaktvā cittākramaṇam eva cet

33. By sitting down repeatedly, concentrating with a single-pointed mind (citta), or alternatively, abandoning this process, if one chooses to conquer the mind (citta) directly...

Words meanings summery:

• उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

• उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down (repeatedly)

• एकचित्तकेन (ekacittakena) - by or with a single-pointed mind

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• अथवा (athavā) - or else, alternatively

• एनम् (enam) - this, him, it (masculine singular accusative)

• क्रमम् (kramam) - method, process, order, sequence

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• चित्ताक्रमणम् (cittākramaṇam) - the conquest of the mind, attack on the mind

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• चेत् (cet) - if, whether

Words meanings and morphology

उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √viś (to enter) with prefix 'upa' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down (repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √viś (to enter) with prefix 'upa' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Repetition implies 'again and again'

एकचित्तकेन (ekacittakena) - by or with a single-pointed mind

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekacittaka

ekacittaka - one-minded, with concentrated attention

Compound 'eka' (one) + 'cittaka' (mind, thought)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (eka+cittaka)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• cittaka – mind, intellect (diminutive of citta or simply mind)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

अथवा (athavā) - or else, alternatively

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this, him, it (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

क्रमम् (kramam) - method, process, order, sequence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, course, method, order, sequence

From root √kram (to step, to proceed)

Root: kram (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √tyaj (to abandon) with suffix '-ktvā'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

चित्ताक्रमणम् (cittākramaṇam) - the conquest of the mind, attack on the mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cittākramaṇa

cittākramaṇa - attacking the mind, conquering the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+ākramaṇa)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (originally from √cit)
  From the root √cit (to perceive, observe, understand)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākramaṇa – attacking, assailing, seizing, overcoming
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kram (to step) with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if, whether

(indeclinable)