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 1.13.10

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न श्रीः सुखाय भगवन्दुःखायैव हि वर्धते ।
गुप्ता विनाशनं धत्ते मृतिं विषलता यथा ॥ १० ॥

na śrīḥ sukhāya bhagavanduḥkhāyaiva hi vardhate |
guptā vināśanaṃ dhatte mṛtiṃ viṣalatā yathā || 10 ||

Riches do not conduce to one's happiness, but redound to his woe and destruction, as the plant aconite when fostered, hides in itself the fatal poison.
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 (1.13.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Sukha, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Duhkha, Gupta, Vinashana, Mriti, Vishalata, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.13.10). 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: “na śrīḥ sukhāya bhagavanduḥkhāyaiva hi vardhate ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śrīḥ -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative plural]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
sukhāya -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
bhagavan -
bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
duḥkhāyai -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “guptā vināśanaṃ dhatte mṛtiṃ viṣalatā yathā ”
guptā* -
gupta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

guptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√gup -> gupta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √gup class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √gup class 4 verb]

√gup -> guptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √gup class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √gup class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √gup class 4 verb]
vināśanam -
vināśana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vināśana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dhatte -
√dhā (verb class 3)

[present middle third single]
mṛtim -
mṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viṣalatā* -
viṣalatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]