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 2.9.33

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समता सांत्वनेनाशु न द्रागिति शनेशनेः ।
पौरुषेणैव यत्नेन पालयेच्चित्तबालकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

samatā sāṃtvanenāśu na drāgiti śaneśaneḥ |
pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena pālayeccittabālakam || 33 ||

The training of the child like that of the mind, is effected slowly by gentleness and indulgence, and not by force and hurry.
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 (2.9.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samata, Samat, Santvana, Ashu, Drak, Iti, Shani, Shana, Ishana, Paurusha, Yatna, Citta, Balaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.33). 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: “samatā sāṃtvanenāśu na drāgiti śaneśaneḥ ”
samatā -
samatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √sam class 1 verb]

√sam -> samat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √sam class 1 verb]
sāntvanenā -
sāntvana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

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

āśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
drāg -
drāk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śane -
śana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

śana (noun, neuter)

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

śani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
īśane -
īśana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iḥ -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena pālayeccittabālakam ”
pauruṣeṇai -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yatnena -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
pālayec -
√pāl (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√pā (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
bālakam -
bālaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bālaka (noun, neuter)

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

bālakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]