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 1.17.8

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यां यामहमतीवास्थां संश्रयामि गुणश्रियाम् ।
तां तां कृन्तति मे तृष्णा तन्त्रीमिव कुमूषिका ॥ ८ ॥

yāṃ yāmahamatīvāsthāṃ saṃśrayāmi guṇaśriyām |
tāṃ tāṃ kṛntati me tṛṣṇā tantrīmiva kumūṣikā || 8 ||

It is avarice which destroys all the good qualities and grace which we adopted to ourselves in good faith, just as the mischievous mouse severs the wires.
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 (1.17.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yama, Yaman, Hama, Samshraya, Amin, Guna, Shri, Shriya, Krintat, Krintati, Asmad, Trishna, Tantri, Iva, Kum, Ushi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.8). 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: “yāṃ yāmahamatīvāsthāṃ saṃśrayāmi guṇaśriyām ”
yām -
yā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yāman (noun, neuter)

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

yāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
hama -
hama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tīvā -
√tīv (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
asthām -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[aorist active first single]
saṃśrayā -
saṃśraya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

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

[genitive plural], [locative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural], [locative single]

śriyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “tāṃ tāṃ kṛntati me tṛṣṇā tantrīmiva kumūṣikā ”
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kṛntati -
√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt (verb class 6)

[present active third 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]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tantrīm -
tantrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kum -
kum (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ūṣi -
√u -> ūṣī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]