Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 3.99.17

करञ्जगहनं यानि प्रविष्टानि मनांसि तु ।
मानुष्ये तानि जातानि तत्रैव रसिकानि च ॥ १७ ॥

karañjagahanaṃ yāni praviṣṭāni manāṃsi tu |
mānuṣye tāni jātāni tatraiva rasikāni ca || 17 ||

The minds that have been confined in the Karanja bushes are those, that are repeatedly born in human bodies, and are repeatedly entangled into domestic attachments from which all other animals are quite at large.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.99.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karanja, Gahana, Yani, Yat, Pravishta, Manas, Manushya, Tad, Tani, Jata, Tatraiva, Rasika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.17). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “karañjagahanaṃ yāni praviṣṭāni manāṃsi tu
  • karañja -
  • karañja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gahanam -
  • gahana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gahana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gahanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • praviṣṭāni -
  • praviṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • manāṃsi -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “mānuṣye tāni jātāni tatraiva rasikāni ca
  • mānuṣye -
  • mānuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mānuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mānuṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jātāni -
  • jāta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
  • tatraiva -
  • tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • rasikāni -
  • rasika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.17

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.99.17 in Gujarati sript:
કરઞ્જગહનં યાનિ પ્રવિષ્ટાનિ મનાંસિ તુ ।
માનુષ્યે તાનિ જાતાનિ તત્રૈવ રસિકાનિ ચ ॥ ૧૭ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.99.17 in Telugu sript:
కరఞ్జగహనం యాని ప్రవిష్టాని మనాంసి తు ।
మానుష్యే తాని జాతాని తత్రైవ రసికాని చ ॥ ౧౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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