Moksopaya [sanskrit]

192,019 words | ISBN-10: 8120831470 | ISBN-13: 9788120831476

This Sanskrit edition of the Moksopaya. It is a large philosophical text dealing with “the science of liberation”. Similar to the Yoga-vasistha in content, the Mokshopaya-shastra was likely its predecessor, said to contain 30,000 shlokas (metrical verses). One of the core philosophies of the texts teaches the non-existence of cognitive objects; while holding such a view leads to an attitude of dispassion towards worldly matters.

Verse 4.16.4

दामादयस्ते रचिता ये मया माययासुराः ।
मौर्ख्यात्तैर्भाविता युद्धे मिथ्यैवान्तरहङ्कृतिः ॥ ४ ॥

dāmādayaste racitā ye mayā māyayāsurāḥ |
maurkhyāttairbhāvitā yuddhe mithyaivāntarahaṅkṛtiḥ || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Moksopaya Verse 4.16.4 is contained in the book The Yogavasistha of Valmiki by Vasudeva Laxmana Sharma Pansikar. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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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 (4.16.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dama, Aya, Ayas, Tad, Yushmad, Racita, Yah, Yat, Maya, Asura, Maurkhya, Bhavita, Yuddha, Vanta, Ahankriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Moksopaya Verse 4.16.4). 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: “dāmādayaste racitā ye mayā māyayāsurāḥ
  • dāmād -
  • dāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ayas -
  • ayas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • racitā* -
  • racita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    racitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rac -> racita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb]
    rac -> racitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √rac class 10 verb]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • māyayā -
  • māyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • asurāḥ -
  • asura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    asurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “maurkhyāttairbhāvitā yuddhe mithyaivāntarahaṅkṛtiḥ
  • maurkhyāt -
  • maurkhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tair -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhāvitā* -
  • bhāvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhāvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū -> bhāvita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √bhū], [vocative plural from √bhū]
    bhū -> bhāvitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √bhū], [vocative plural from √bhū], [accusative plural from √bhū]
  • yuddhe -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • mithyai -
  • mith (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive first single]
  • vānta -
  • vānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vam -> vānta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
    vam -> vānta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
  • ra -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ahaṅkṛtiḥ -
  • ahaṅkṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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