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 2.5.2

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मनसा वाञ्छते यच्च यथाशास्त्रं न कर्मणा ।
साध्यते मत्तलीलासौ मोहनी नार्थसाधनी ॥ २ ॥

manasā vāñchate yacca yathāśāstraṃ na karmaṇā |
sādhyate mattalīlāsau mohanī nārthasādhanī || 2 ||

Whoever wishes to do anything desirable to him by unlawful acts, it becomes as fruitless as the endeavours of a madman.
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 (2.5.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manasa, Vanchat, Yat, Yad, Yathashastram, Karman, Sadhyata, Sadhyat, Matta, Lila, Asi, Asu, Adah, Mohani, Nri, Artha, Sadhani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.5.2). 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: “manasā vāñchate yacca yathāśāstraṃ na karmaṇā ”
manasā* -
manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vāñchate -
√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]
yac -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karmaṇā -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “sādhyate mattalīlāsau mohanī nārthasādhanī ”
sādhyate -
sādhyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]

√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]

√sādh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√sādh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√sādh (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

√sidh (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
matta -
matta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

matta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad -> matta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]

√mad -> matta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]
līlā -
līla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

līla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

līlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

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

[compound], [nominative single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sādhanī -
sādhanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]