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 1.10.21

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एकान्तेषु दिगन्तेषु तीरेषु विपिनेषु च ।
रतिमायात्यरण्येषु विक्रीत इव जन्तुषु ॥ २१ ॥

ekānteṣu diganteṣu tīreṣu vipineṣu ca |
ratimāyātyaraṇyeṣu vikrīta iva jantuṣu || 21 ||

Like a man sold among savages, he takes delight in lonely places, in remotest skirts, in the banks (of rivers) and wild deserts.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.10.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ekanta, Diganta, Tira, Vipina, Rati, Ayati, Ayat, Aranya, Vikrita, Iva, Jantu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.10.21). 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: “ekānteṣu diganteṣu tīreṣu vipineṣu ca ”
ekānteṣu -
ekānta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ekānta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
diganteṣu -
diganta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

diganta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tīreṣu -
tīra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

tīra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vipineṣu -
vipina (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ratimāyātyaraṇyeṣu vikrīta iva jantuṣu ”
ratim -
rati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
āyātya -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
araṇyeṣu -
araṇya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vikrīta* -
vikrīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jantuṣu -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]