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 1.20.18

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सुनिर्मलापि विस्तीर्णा पावन्यपि हि यौवने ।
मतिः कलुषतामेति प्रावृषीव तरङ्गिणी ॥ १८ ॥

sunirmalāpi vistīrṇā pāvanyapi hi yauvane |
matiḥ kaluṣatāmeti prāvṛṣīva taraṅgiṇī || 18 ||

As a clear, sacred and wide stream, becomes muddy in the rains, so doth the mind of man however clear, pure and expanded it may be, gets polluted in his youth.
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 (1.20.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sunirmala, Api, Vistirna, Pavan, Pavani, Yauvana, Mati, Kalushata, Pravrish, Iva, Tarangini, Tarangin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.18). 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: “sunirmalāpi vistīrṇā pāvanyapi hi yauvane ”
sunirmalā -
sunirmala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sunirmala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sunirmalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vistīrṇā -
vistīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pāvanya -
pāvanī (noun, feminine)

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

pāvan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pāvan (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yauvane -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “matiḥ kaluṣatāmeti prāvṛṣīva taraṅgiṇī ”
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaluṣatām -
kaluṣatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
prāvṛṣī -
prāvṛṣ (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
taraṅgiṇī -
taraṅgiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

taraṅgin (noun, neuter)

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