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 2.9.15

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ग्रामगो ग्राममाप्नोति पत्तनार्थी च पत्तनम् ।
यो यो यद्वासनस्तत्र स स प्रयतते सदा ॥ १५ ॥

grāmago grāmamāpnoti pattanārthī ca pattanam |
yo yo yadvāsanastatra sa sa prayatate sadā || 15 ||

As the villager goes to his village and the townsman comes to the town: so it is the nature of the desire that leads men to their particular acts.
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 (2.9.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gramaga, Grama, Pattana, Arthin, Arthi, Yah, Yadva, Yadvan, Asana, Tatra, Prayatata, Sada, Sad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.15). 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: “grāmago grāmamāpnoti pattanārthī ca pattanam ”
grāmago* -
grāmaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
grāmam -
grāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

grāma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
pattanā -
pattana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pattana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pattanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound]

arthī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

arthin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pattanam -
pattana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pattana (noun, neuter)

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

pattanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “yo yo yadvāsanastatra sa sa prayatate sadā ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yadvā -
yadvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

yadvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asanas -
asana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√san (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prayatate -
prayatatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]