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 1.26.12

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अहंकारः कलङ्काय बुद्धयः परिपेलवाः ।
क्रिया दुष्फलदायिन्यो लीलाः स्त्रीनिष्ठतां गताः ॥ १२ ॥

ahaṃkāraḥ kalaṅkāya buddhayaḥ paripelavāḥ |
kriyā duṣphaladāyinyo līlāḥ strīniṣṭhatāṃ gatāḥ || 12 ||

Self-esteem is stained (with the name of selfishness), intelligence is blamed for its fallaciousness, our actions are attended with bad results, and our pleasures tend only to effeminacy.
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 (1.26.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Kalanka, Buddhi, Paripelava, Lila, Stri, Nishthata, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.12). 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: “ahaṃkāraḥ kalaṅkāya buddhayaḥ paripelavāḥ ”
ahaṅkāraḥ -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalaṅkāya -
kalaṅka (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
buddhayaḥ -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
paripelavāḥ -
paripelava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paripelavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “kriyā duṣphaladāyinyo līlāḥ strīniṣṭhatāṃ gatāḥ ”
kriyā* -
Cannot analyse duṣphaladāyinyo*lī
līlāḥ -
līlā (noun, feminine)

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

līla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
niṣṭhatām -
niṣṭhatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gatāḥ -
gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gatā (noun, feminine)

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