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 1.23.18

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दुर्विलासविलासिन्या चेष्टया कष्टषुष्टया ।
द्रव्यैकरूपकृद्रूपं जनमावर्तयन्स्थितः ॥ १८ ॥

durvilāsavilāsinyā ceṣṭayā kaṣṭaṣuṣṭayā |
dravyaikarūpakṛdrūpaṃ janamāvartayansthitaḥ || 18 ||

Time is a whirlpool to men; and being accompanied with desire his insatiable and ungovernable mistress and delighting in illicit enjoyments, he makes them do and undo the same thing over and over again.
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 (1.23.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duru, Ila, Asu, Ceshta, Kashta, Shu, Dravya, Dravi, Ekarupa, Krit, Rupa, Jana, Avarta, Yat, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.23.18). 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: “durvilāsavilāsinyā ceṣṭayā kaṣṭaṣuṣṭayā ”
durvi -
duru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ilā -
ilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√il (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
asavi -
asu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ilā -
ilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√il (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
asinyā -
ceṣṭayā -
ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kaś class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kaś class 1 verb]
ṣuṣ -
ṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ṭayā -
ṭā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “dravyaikarūpakṛdrūpaṃ janamāvartayansthitaḥ ”
dravyai -
dravya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dravya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dravyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dravī (noun, masculine)

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

dravī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
ekarūpa -
ekarūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ekarūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛd -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

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

kṛt (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
janam -
jana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

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

janā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āvarta -
āvarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āvarta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yan -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]