योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-13, verse-3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
संसारोत्तरणे युक्तिर्योगशब्देन कथ्यते ।
तां विद्धि द्विप्रकारां त्वं चित्तोपशमधर्मिणीम् ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
saṃsārottaraṇe yuktiryogaśabdena kathyate ,
tāṃ viddhi dviprakārāṃ tvaṃ cittopaśamadharmiṇīm 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca saṃsārottaraṇe yuktiḥ yogaśabdena
kathyate tām viddhi dviprakārām tvam cittopaśamadharmiṇīm

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca saṃsārottaraṇe yuktiḥ yogaśabdena
kathyate tvam tām cittopaśamadharmiṇīm dviprakārām viddhi

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: The method for transcending the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) is called by the word yoga. You should know it to be of two types, both having the characteristic of quieting the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• संसारोत्तरणे (saṁsārottaraṇe) - for crossing over (saṃsāra), in the transcending of the cycle of existence

• युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - method, means, device, proper application

• योगशब्देन (yogaśabdena) - by the word yoga

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is told, is said, is described

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to 'yukti' (method) (that (feminine singular accusative))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• द्विप्रकाराम् (dviprakārām) - of two kinds, twofold

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• चित्तोपशमधर्मिणीम् (cittopaśamadharmiṇīm) - having the nature of the appeasement of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - an honored proper name: Sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, divine grace, sacred, venerable (used as an honorific prefix)
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

संसारोत्तरणे (saṁsārottaraṇe) - for crossing over (saṃsāra), in the transcending of the cycle of existence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃsārottaraṇa

saṁsārottaraṇa - crossing over or transcending the cycle of existence (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+uttaraṇa)

• saṃsāra – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• uttaraṇa – crossing over, transcending, passing over
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from root tṛ with upasarga ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - method, means, device, proper application

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - junction, union, proper application, method, reasoning, argument

From root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

योगशब्देन (yogaśabdena) - by the word yoga

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yogaśabda

yogaśabda - the word 'yoga'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yoga+śabda)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, joining, method (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• śabda – word, sound, term
  noun (masculine)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is told, is said, is described

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kath

Denominative verb from 'kathā' (story) or root 'kath' (10th class)

Root: kath (class 10)

ताम् (tām) - Refers to 'yukti' (method) (that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

द्विप्रकाराम् (dviprakārām) - of two kinds, twofold

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dviprakāra

dviprakāra - of two kinds or types

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (dvi+prakāra)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• prakāra – kind, type, manner
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

चित्तोपशमधर्मिणीम् (cittopaśamadharmiṇīm) - having the nature of the appeasement of the mind

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cittopaśamadharmiṇī

cittopaśamadharmiṇī - having the characteristic of the calming or appeasement of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (citta+upaśama+dharmiṇī)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• upaśama – calming, appeasement, quietude, cessation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: śam (class 4)
• dharmiṇī – characterized by, possessing the nature of, having the property of
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of dharmin
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)