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 1.26.16

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रजोगुणहता दृष्टिस्तमः संपरिवर्धते ।
न चाधिगम्यते सत्त्वं तत्त्वमत्यन्तदूरतः ॥ १६ ॥

rajoguṇahatā dṛṣṭistamaḥ saṃparivardhate |
na cādhigamyate sattvaṃ tattvamatyantadūrataḥ || 16 ||

My sight is dimmed by the dust of sensuality: the darkness of self-esteem prevails upon me: the purity of mind is never reached to, and truth is far off from me.
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 (1.26.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rajoguna, Hata, Drishti, Tama, Tamas, Adhigamya, Tad, Yushmad, Sattva, Tattva, Atyanta, Duratah, Duratas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.16). 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: “rajoguṇahatā dṛṣṭistamaḥ saṃparivardhate ”
rajoguṇa -
rajoguṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rajoguṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hatā* -
hata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hatā (noun, feminine)

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

√han -> hata (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √han class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √han class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 2 verb]

√han -> hatā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √han class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √han class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √han class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √han class 2 verb]
dṛṣṭis -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tamaḥ -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sampari -
sampari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “na cādhigamyate sattvaṃ tattvamatyantadūrataḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhigamya -
adhigamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhigamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sattvam -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
atyanta -
atyanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atyanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dūrataḥ -
dūrataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dūratas (noun, neuter)

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