योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-13, verse-5

श्रीराम उवाच ।
सुलभत्वाददुःखत्वात्कतरः शोभनोऽनयोः ।
येनावगतमात्रेण भूयः क्षोभो न बाधते ॥ ५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
sulabhatvādaduḥkhatvātkataraḥ śobhano'nayoḥ ,
yenāvagatamātreṇa bhūyaḥ kṣobho na bādhate 5

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca sulabhatvāt aduḥkhatvāt kataraḥ śobhanaḥ
anayoḥ yena avagatamātreṇa bhūyaḥ kṣobhaḥ na bādhate

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca anayoḥ sulabhatvāt aduḥkhatvāt kataraḥ
śobhanaḥ yena avagatamātreṇa bhūyaḥ kṣobhaḥ na bādhate

5. Śrī Rāma said: Among these two (methods), which one is superior, considering its ease of attainment and freedom from difficulty, such that by its mere comprehension, agitation does not bother one again?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सुलभत्वात् (sulabhatvāt) - because of the ease of attainment

• अदुःखत्वात् (aduḥkhatvāt) - because of freedom from difficulty/pain

• कतरः (kataraḥ) - which of the two

• शोभनः (śobhanaḥ) - excellent, beautiful, good, superior

• अनयोः (anayoḥ) - Refers to the two methods: self-knowledge and vital breath restraint. (of these two)

• येन (yena) - by which

• अवगतमात्रेण (avagatamātreṇa) - by merely understanding/knowing

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore

• क्षोभः (kṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

• न (na) - not, no

• बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts, torments, obstructs

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - an honored proper name: Rāma

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, divine grace, sacred, venerable (used as an honorific prefix)
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (a proper name, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सुलभत्वात् (sulabhatvāt) - because of the ease of attainment

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sulabhatva

sulabhatva - state of being easily attainable, ease of attainment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sulabha+tva)

• sulabha – easily attainable, readily acquired
  adjective (masculine)
  From root labh (to obtain) with prefix su
  Prefix: su
  Root: labh (class 1)
• tva – suffix indicating 'state of being', '-ness'
  indeclinable (neuter)

अदुःखत्वात् (aduḥkhatvāt) - because of freedom from difficulty/pain

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of aduḥkhatva

aduḥkhatva - state of being free from pain or difficulty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+duḥkha+tva)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• duḥkha – pain, suffering, misery, difficulty
  noun (neuter)
• tva – suffix indicating 'state of being', '-ness'
  indeclinable (neuter)

कतरः (kataraḥ) - which of the two

(interrogative pronoun)

शोभनः (śobhanaḥ) - excellent, beautiful, good, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śobhana

śobhana - beautiful, splendid, excellent, good, auspicious

Root: śubh (class 1)

अनयोः (anayoḥ) - Refers to the two methods: self-knowledge and vital breath restraint. (of these two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, this one

येन (yena) - by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

अवगतमात्रेण (avagatamātreṇa) - by merely understanding/knowing

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avagatamātra

avagatamātra - mere understanding, merely known

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avagata+mātra)

• avagata – understood, known, comprehended
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go) with prefix ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: gam (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, simply, as much as
  indeclinable (neuter)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

क्षोभः (kṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣobha

kṣobha - agitation, disturbance, commotion, perturbation

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts, torments, obstructs

(verb)

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

Root: bādh (class 1)