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 1.14.22

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विनाशसुहृदा नित्यं जरामरणबन्धुना ।
रूपं खिङ्गवरेणेव कृतान्तेनाभिलष्यते ॥ २२ ॥

vināśasuhṛdā nityaṃ jarāmaraṇabandhunā |
rūpaṃ khiṅgavareṇeva kṛtāntenābhilaṣyate || 22 ||

Death the lover of destruction, and friend of old age and ruin, likes the sensual man, as a lecher likes a beauty.
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 (1.14.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vinasha, Suhrida, Nityam, Nitya, Jaramarana, Bandhu, Rupa, Kritanta, Lashyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.14.22). 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: “vināśasuhṛdā nityaṃ jarāmaraṇabandhunā ”
vināśa -
vināśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
suhṛdā* -
suhṛda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jarāmaraṇa -
jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bandhunā -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bandhū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “rūpaṃ khiṅgavareṇeva kṛtāntenābhilaṣyate ”
rūpam -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse khiṅgavareṇeva*kṛ
kṛtāntenā -
kṛtānta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛtānta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ābhi -
ābhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
laṣyate -
√laṣ -> laṣyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √laṣ class 4 verb]

√laṣ -> laṣyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √laṣ class 4 verb]

√laṣ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√laṣ (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

√laṣ (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]