Patanjali's yoga sutras

समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेशतनूकरणार्थश्च॥२॥

samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa tanū-karaṇa-arthaś-ca

That’s what you need to do to thin out the kleśas (obstacles) and cultivate a state of samadhi (spiritual ecstasy).

Kleśas = mental states, such as fear or ignorance, that cloud the mind and lead to unhealthy actions; an obstacle to reaching a state of enlightenment and liberation

Samadhi-Bhavanarthah-Klesa-Tanukarnarthasca

These are the activities and resources that enable one to thin out Klesas (mental states, such as fear or ignorance, that cloud the mind and lead to unhealthy actions. It is an obstacle to reaching a state of enlightenment and liberation) and cultivate a state of Samadhi (spiritual ecstasy).

Samadhi = Ecstasy

Bhavana = Cultivate

Arthah/arthaś = “means of life”, activities and resources that enable one to be in a state one wants to be in

Klesa = obstacles

tanū-karaṇa = thin out

ca = and

samādhi-bhāvana-arthaḥ kleśa-arthaś-ca

tanū = thin

https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tanu

https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tanukarana

Make thin

Google translate:

for the purpose of feeling samadhi and for imitating suffering

The practice of yoga blazes open the way to samadhi. -Alberto Villoldo

Samadhi-Bhavanarthah-Klesa-Tanukarnarthasca

Samadhi: Ecstasy
Bhavana:
Arthah:
Klesa:
Tanukarnarthasca:

bhāvana – cultivation; imagining, fancying; forming in the mind; to occupy one’s imagination with, conception

They help us minimize obstacles and attain samadhi.

http://www.athayoganusasanam.com/?zone=browse_sutras&pada=2&sutra=2&action=display

“means of life”, activities and resources that enable one to be in a state one wants to be in.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artha