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 1.20.12

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इषुप्रपातमात्रं हि सुखदं दुःखभासुरम् ।
दाहपोषप्रदं नित्यं यौवनं मे न रोचते ॥ १२ ॥

iṣuprapātamātraṃ hi sukhadaṃ duḥkhabhāsuram |
dāhapoṣapradaṃ nityaṃ yauvanaṃ me na rocate || 12 ||

Youth as an arrow shot is pleasant to see, but painful to feel its smart. Hence I do not like youth that produces blood heat.
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 (1.20.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prapatam, Prapata, Atra, Sukhada, Duhkha, Bhasura, Daha, Posha, Prada, Nityam, Nitya, Yauvana, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.12). 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: “iṣuprapātamātraṃ hi sukhadaṃ duḥkhabhāsuram ”
iṣu -
iṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

i (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
prapātam -
prapātam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prapāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sukhadam -
sukhada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukhada (noun, neuter)

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

sukhadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāsuram -
bhāsura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāsura (noun, neuter)

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

bhāsurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “dāhapoṣapradaṃ nityaṃ yauvanaṃ me na rocate ”
dāha -
dāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
poṣa -
poṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√puṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pradam -
prada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

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

pradā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yauvanam -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rocate -
√ruc (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]