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...

33. על ידי ישיבה שוב ושוב בריכוז ממוקד של החשיבה, או על ידי זניחת דרך הדרגתית זו ובחירה בהכנעה ישירה של פעילות החשיבה...

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)

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