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 1.20.6

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महानरकबीजेन संततभ्रमदायिना ।
यौवनेन न ये नष्टा नष्टा नान्येन ते जनाः ॥ ६ ॥

mahānarakabījena saṃtatabhramadāyinā |
yauvanena na ye naṣṭā naṣṭā nānyena te janāḥ || 6 ||

The paths of youth lead them to the gate of hell through a maze of errors. Those that have been left uncorrupt by their youth, are not to be corrupted by anything else.
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 (1.20.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahanaraka, Bija, Santata, Bhramat, Ayin, Yauvana, Yah, Yat, Nashta, Tad, Yushmad, Jana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.6). 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: “mahānarakabījena saṃtatabhramadāyinā ”
mahānaraka -
mahānaraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bījena -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
santata -
santata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

santata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhramad -
bhramat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

bhramat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āyinā -
āyin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

āyin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “yauvanena na ye naṣṭā naṣṭā nānyena te janāḥ ”
yauvanena -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
naṣṭā* -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

naṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb]
naṣṭā* -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

naṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb]
nānye -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ena -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
janāḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

janā (noun, feminine)

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