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 2.13.29

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परस्परविनाशोक्तेः श्रेयःस्थो न कदाचन ।
सुखदुःखदशे राम तडित्प्रसरभङ्गुरे ॥ २९ ॥

parasparavināśokteḥ śreyaḥstho na kadācana |
sukhaduḥkhadaśe rāma taḍitprasarabhaṅgure || 29 ||

Happiness and misery destroy and succeed each other by turns, and are as fleeting as flashes of lightnings. Hence it is impossible to be happy for ever.
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 (2.13.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paraspara, Vinasha, Ukti, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Stha, Kada, Cana, Sukhaduhkhada, Sha, Shi, Rama, Tadit, Prasara, Bhangura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.13.29). 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: “parasparavināśokteḥ śreyaḥstho na kadācana ”
paraspara -
paraspara (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vināśo -
vināśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ukteḥ -
ukti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śreyaḥ -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
stho* -
stha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sthā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “sukhaduḥkhadaśe rāma taḍitprasarabhaṅgure ”
sukhaduḥkhada -
sukhaduḥkhada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sukhaduḥkhada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śe -
śa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śa (noun, neuter)

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

śi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
rāma -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
taḍit -
taḍit (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

taḍit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
prasara -
prasara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prasara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaṅgure -
bhaṅgura (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhaṅgura (noun, neuter)

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

bhaṅgurā (noun, feminine)

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