योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-80, verse-26

मध्ये चतुर्णामेवैषां क्रियाप्राधान्यकल्पना ।
सिद्ध्यादिसाधने साधो तन्मयास्ते यतः क्रमाः ॥ २६ ॥

madhye caturṇāmevaiṣāṃ kriyāprādhānyakalpanā ,
siddhyādisādhane sādho tanmayāste yataḥ kramāḥ 26

26. madhye caturṇām eva eṣām kriyāprādhānyakalpanā
siddhyādi sādhane sādho tanmayāḥ te yataḥ kramāḥ

26. sādho eṣām caturṇām madhye kriyāprādhānyakalpanā
eva yataḥ siddhyādi sādhane te kramāḥ tanmayāḥ

26. O good one, the conception of the pre-eminence of action (kriyā) among these four (paths) is indeed true, because these sequential methods, for achieving perfection (siddhi) and other goals, are essentially composed of action (kriyā).

Words meanings summery:

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four

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

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

• क्रियाप्राधान्यकल्पना (kriyāprādhānyakalpanā) - the conception/postulation of the pre-eminence of action

• सिद्ध्यादि (siddhyādi) - perfection (siddhi) and so on, siddhi etc.

• साधने (sādhane) - in the means, in the accomplishment, in achieving

• साधो (sādho) - O good one!, O virtuous one!

• तन्मयाः (tanmayāḥ) - consisting of that, identified with that

• ते (te) - those

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, whence

• क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - sequences, methods, orders, steps

Words meanings and morphology

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, interval

चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of catur

catur - four

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

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

क्रियाप्राधान्यकल्पना (kriyāprādhānyakalpanā) - the conception/postulation of the pre-eminence of action

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyāprādhānyakalpanā

kriyāprādhānyakalpanā - the notion of action's superiority

Compound type : tatpurusha (kriyā+prādhānya+kalpanā)

• kriyā – action, rite, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prādhānya – pre-eminence, superiority, principal nature
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from pradhāna with suffix -ya
• kalpanā – conception, notion, imagination, postulation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kḷp
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

सिद्ध्यादि (siddhyādi) - perfection (siddhi) and so on, siddhi etc.

(noun)

of siddhyādi

siddhyādi - siddhi and so on

Compound type : dvandva (siddhi+ādi)

• siddhi – accomplishment, perfection, supernatural power (siddhi)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sidh (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

साधने (sādhane) - in the means, in the accomplishment, in achieving

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sādhana

sādhana - means, instrument, accomplishment, cause

Root: sādh (class 10)

साधो (sādho) - O good one!, O virtuous one!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, saintly person, adept

Root: sādh (class 10)

तन्मयाः (tanmayāḥ) - consisting of that, identified with that

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanmaya

tanmaya - consisting of that, made of that, identified with that

Compound formed from tad (that) and -maya (suffix meaning 'made of')

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+maya)

• tad – that
  pronoun
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of (suffix)
  adjective
  Suffix -maya used to form adjectives

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that

यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, whence

(indeclinable)

क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - sequences, methods, orders, steps

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krama

krama - sequence, order, method, step

Root: kram (class 1)