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 2.9.37

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पूर्वे चेद्धनतां याता नाभ्यासात्तव वासना ।
वर्धिष्यते तु नेदानीमपि तात सुखी भव ॥ ३७ ॥

pūrve ceddhanatāṃ yātā nābhyāsāttava vāsanā |
vardhiṣyate tu nedānīmapi tāta sukhī bhava || 37 ||

If you will not exert yourself at present to improve your dormant desires by constant practice, you can never expect to be happy.
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 (2.9.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purva, Ced, Yata, Nabh, Nabhi, Nabhya, Asat, Asa, Yushmad, Vasana, Api, Tata, Sukhi, Sukhin, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.37). 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: “pūrve ceddhanatāṃ yātā nābhyāsāttava vāsanā ”
pūrve -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

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

pūrvā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhanatām -
√dhan (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
yātā* -
yāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yātā (noun, feminine)

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

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]
nābhyā -
nābhi (noun, feminine)

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

nābhi (noun, masculine)

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

nābhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nābhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nābhī (noun, masculine)

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

nābhī (noun, feminine)

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

nābhī (noun, neuter)

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

nābh (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

nābhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āsāt -
āsāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

āsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vardhiṣyate tu nedānīmapi tāta sukhī bhava ”
vardhiṣyate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[future middle third single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nedānī -
√ned (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tāta -
tāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sukhī -
sukhī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sukhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sukhin (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]