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 1.20.21

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नरं तरलतृष्णार्ति युवानमिह साधवः ।
पूजयन्ति न तु च्छिन्नं जरत्तृणलवं यथा ॥ २१ ॥

naraṃ taralatṛṣṇārti yuvānamiha sādhavaḥ |
pūjayanti na tu cchinnaṃ jarattṛṇalavaṃ yathā || 21 ||

The young man afflicted with the pain of soft desire, is regarded by the wise in no better light than a fragment of (useless) straw.
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 (1.20.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nara, Tarala, Trishna, Yuvan, Yuvana, Iha, Sadhu, Pujayat, Pujayanti, Jarat, Trinalava, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.21). 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: “naraṃ taralatṛṣṇārti yuvānamiha sādhavaḥ ”
naram -
nara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nara (noun, neuter)

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

narā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tarala -
tarala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tarala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arti -
arti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yuvānam -
yuvāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yuvāna (noun, neuter)

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

yuvan (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√yu -> yuvāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yu class 2 verb]

√yu -> yuvāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sādhavaḥ -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “pūjayanti na tu cchinnaṃ jarattṛṇalavaṃ yathā ”
pūjayanti -
√pūj -> pūjayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]

√pūj -> pūjayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pūj class 10 verb]

pūjayat (noun, neuter)

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

√pūj (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Cannot analyse cchinnam*ja
jarat -
jarat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jarat (noun, neuter)

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

√jṛ -> jarat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jṛ class 1 verb]

√jṝ -> jarat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 1 verb]
tṛṇalavam -
tṛṇalava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]