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 2.15.12

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नाभिवाञ्छत्यसंप्राप्तं प्राप्तं भुंक्ते यथाक्रमम् ।
यः सुसौम्यसमाचारः संतुष्ट इति कथ्यते ॥ १२ ॥

nābhivāñchatyasaṃprāptaṃ prāptaṃ bhuṃkte yathākramam |
yaḥ susaumyasamācāraḥ saṃtuṣṭa iti kathyate || 12 ||

He is called a contented man, who does not long after what he is not possessed of, and enjoys what he has in its right manner, and is always graceful in his manners.
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 (2.15.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nabh, Nabhi, Vanchat, Asamprapta, Prapta, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Yah, Susa, Aumi, Asama, Acara, Santushta, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.15.12). 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: “nābhivāñchatyasaṃprāptaṃ prāptaṃ bhuṃkte yathākramam ”
nābhi -
nābhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

nābhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

nābhī (noun, neuter)

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

nābh (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vāñchatya -
√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vāñch class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vāñch class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vāñch class 1 verb], [locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
asamprāptam -
asamprāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asamprāpta (noun, neuter)

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

asamprāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prāptam -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāpta (noun, neuter)

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

prāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhuṅkte -
√bhuj (verb class 7)

[present middle third single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
akramam -
akramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

akrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akrama (noun, neuter)

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

akramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kram (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]

√kram (verb class 4)

[aorist active first single]
Line 2: “yaḥ susaumyasamācāraḥ saṃtuṣṭa iti kathyate ”
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
susau -
susa (noun, masculine)

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

susa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aumya -
aumī (noun, feminine)

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

√u (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
asamā -
asama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

asamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acāraḥ -
acāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
santuṣṭa* -
santuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]