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 1.26.10

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कलाकलङ्कितो लोको बन्धवो भवबन्धनम् ।
भोगा भवमहारोगास्तृष्णाश्च मृगतृष्णिकाः ॥ १० ॥

kalākalaṅkito loko bandhavo bhavabandhanam |
bhogā bhavamahārogāstṛṣṇāśca mṛgatṛṣṇikāḥ || 10 ||

Man is defiled by his worldliness, his friends are ties to the world, his enjoyments are the greatest of his diseases in life, and his avarice and ambition are the mirage that always allures him.
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 (1.26.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kala, Kalankita, Loka, Bandhu, Bhava, Bandhana, Bhoga, Aha, Aroga, Trishna, Mrigatrishnika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.10). 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: “kalākalaṅkito loko bandhavo bhavabandhanam ”
kalā -
kalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kalaṅkito* -
kalaṅkita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
loko* -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bandhavo* -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bandhanam -
bandhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bandhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “bhogā bhavamahārogāstṛṣṇāśca mṛgatṛṣṇikāḥ ”
bhogā* -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavam -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

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

bhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ahā -
aha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arogās -
aroga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

arogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tṛṣṇāś -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mṛgatṛṣṇikāḥ -
mṛgatṛṣṇikā (noun, feminine)

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