योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-109, verse-3

प्रणयोऽनुप्रवेशो वा न कदाचन यः कृतः ।
अधुना तेषु तं देव कुर्यात्तेषु कथैव का ॥ ३ ॥

praṇayo'nupraveśo vā na kadācana yaḥ kṛtaḥ ,
adhunā teṣu taṃ deva kuryātteṣu kathaiva kā 3

3. praṇayaḥ anuprāveśaḥ vā na kadācana yaḥ kṛtaḥ
adhunā teṣu tam deva kuryāt teṣu kathā eva kā

3. deva yaḥ praṇayaḥ vā anuprāveśaḥ kadācana na
kṛtaḥ adhunā teṣu tam kuryāt teṣu kathā eva kā

3. O King, what is the point of even discussing conciliation or infiltration with them now, when such approaches were never practiced or effective against them before?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रणयः (praṇayaḥ) - conciliation (one of the political means) (conciliation, affection, request)

• अनुप्रावेशः (anuprāveśaḥ) - infiltration (as a political means) (infiltration, entering afterwards)

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - practiced, effective (done, made, performed)

• अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, against them

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• देव (deva) - O king, O lord

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should do, one should make

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, against them

• कथा (kathā) - talk, discussion, story

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• का (kā) - what

Words meanings and morphology

प्रणयः (praṇayaḥ) - conciliation (one of the political means) (conciliation, affection, request)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praṇaya

praṇaya - conciliation, affection, love, request

अनुप्रावेशः (anuprāveśaḥ) - infiltration (as a political means) (infiltration, entering afterwards)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāveśa

anuprāveśa - entering after, infiltration

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: viś (class 6)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - practiced, effective (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, against them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

देव (deva) - O king, O lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, lord, king

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should do, one should make

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, against them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कथा (kathā) - talk, discussion, story

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - talk, conversation, story, tale

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what

(interrogative pronoun)