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 2.11.23

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बीभत्सं विषयं दृष्ट्वा कौ नाम न विरज्यते ।
सतामुत्तमवैराग्य विवेकादेव जायते ॥ २३ ॥

bībhatsaṃ viṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā kau nāma na virajyate |
satāmuttamavairāgya vivekādeva jāyate || 23 ||

Seeing the obnoxiousness of worldly things, what man will not grow averse to them? The best displacency to them, is what rises in the mind of one from his own judgement.
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 (2.11.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bibhatsa, Vishaya, Kah, Naman, Vira, Jya, Tad, Yushmad, Sat, Uttama, Vairagya, Viveka, Eva, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.11.23). 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: “bībhatsaṃ viṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā kau nāma na virajyate ”
bībhatsam -
bībhatsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bībhatsa (noun, neuter)

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

bībhatsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣayam -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
kau -
ku (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vira (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

jya (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]
Line 2: “satāmuttamavairāgya vivekādeva jāyate ”
satām -
sat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
uttama -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vairāgya -
vairāgya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vivekād -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]