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 1.16.22

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चेतः पतति कार्येषु विहगः स्वामिषेष्विव ।
क्षणेन विरतिं याति बालः क्रीडनकादिव ॥ २२ ॥

cetaḥ patati kāryeṣu vihagaḥ svāmiṣeṣviva |
kṣaṇena viratiṃ yāti bālaḥ krīḍanakādiva || 22 ||

The mind is attracted to its objects as a bird to its prey, and has no respite for a moment as a boy from his play.
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 (1.16.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Patat, Karya, Vihaga, Sha, Iva, Kshana, Virati, Yat, Yati, Bala, Kridanaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.16.22). 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: “cetaḥ patati kāryeṣu vihagaḥ svāmiṣeṣviva ”
cetaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
patati -
patat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
kāryeṣu -
kārya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kārya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
vihagaḥ -
vihaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svāmi -
svāmin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
ṣeṣvi -
ṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ṣa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kṣaṇena viratiṃ yāti bālaḥ krīḍanakādiva ”
kṣaṇena -
kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
viratim -
virati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
bālaḥ -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
krīḍanakād -
krīḍanaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

krīḍanaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]