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 1.15.8

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नाहं रामो न मे वाञ्छा भावेषु न च मे मनः ।
शान्त आसितुमिच्छामि स्वात्मनीव जिनो यथा ॥ ८ ॥

nāhaṃ rāmo na me vāñchā bhāveṣu na ca me manaḥ |
śānta āsitumicchāmi svātmanīva jino yathā || 8 ||

I am not Rama the prince, I have no desire nor should I wish for affluence; but I wish to have the peace of my mind and remain as the self-satisfied old sage Jina.
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 (1.15.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naha, Rama, Asmad, Vancha, Bhava, Mana, Manas, Shanta, Svatman, Iva, Jina, 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 1.15.8). 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: “nāhaṃ rāmo na me vāñchā bhāveṣu na ca me manaḥ ”
nāham -
nāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
rāmo* -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vāñchā* -
vāñchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhāveṣu -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śānta āsitumicchāmi svātmanīva jino yathā ”
śānta* -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb]
āsitum -
√ās -> āsitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √ās]
icchāmi -
√iṣ (verb class 6)

[present active first single]
svātmanī -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jino* -
ji (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]