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 2.14.44

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विचारकान्तमतयो नानेकेषु पुनःपुनः ।
लुठन्ति दुःखश्वभ्रेषु ज्ञाताध्वगतयो नराः ॥ ४४ ॥

vicārakāntamatayo nānekeṣu punaḥpunaḥ |
luṭhanti duḥkhaśvabhreṣu jñātādhvagatayo narāḥ || 44 ||

Men with their minds illumed by the light of reason, are like travellers acquainted with their way, and are not liable to pit falls of incessant danger and misery.
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 (2.14.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vicaraka, Nana, Kah, Kim, Puna, Luthat, Luthanti, Duhkha, Shvabhra, Jnatri, Jnata, Adhvagati, Nara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.14.44). 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: “vicārakāntamatayo nānekeṣu punaḥpunaḥ ”
vicārakān -
vicāraka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tamatayo -
nāne -
nāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
keṣu -
ka (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[locative plural]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “luṭhanti duḥkhaśvabhreṣu jñātādhvagatayo narāḥ ”
luṭhanti -
luṭhat (noun, neuter)

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

√luṭh -> luṭhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √luṭh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √luṭh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √luṭh class 6 verb]

√luṭh -> luṭhantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √luṭh class 6 verb]

√luṭh (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śvabhreṣu -
śvabhra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

śvabhra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
jñātā -
jñāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jñāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jñātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

jñātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
adhvagatayo* -
adhvagati (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
narāḥ -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

narā (noun, feminine)

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