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 2.18.43

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गच्छत्यवयवः स्पन्दं सुमनःपत्रमर्दने ।
इह धीमात्ररोधस्तु नाङ्गावयवचालनम् ॥ ४३ ॥

gacchatyavayavaḥ spandaṃ sumanaḥpatramardane |
iha dhīmātrarodhastu nāṅgāvayavacālanam || 43 ||

There is an action of the members of body, accompanied with the act of plucking or pulling off a flower; but in the other case (of Yoga), you have only to fix your mind, and make no exertion of your body.
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 (2.18.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gacchat, Avayava, Spanda, Sumana, Sumanas, Patra, Ardana, Ardani, Iha, Dhi, Matra, Nri, Angu, Anga, Ayava, Calana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.18.43). 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: “gacchatyavayavaḥ spandaṃ sumanaḥpatramardane ”
gacchatya -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

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

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
avayavaḥ -
avayava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
spandam -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
sumanaḥ -
sumanas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sumanas (noun, neuter)

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

sumana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
patram -
patra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ardane -
ardana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ardana (noun, neuter)

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

ardanā (noun, feminine)

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

ardani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “iha dhīmātrarodhastu nāṅgāvayavacālanam ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhī -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

dhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mātra -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
arodhas -
√rudh (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṅgāva -
aṅgu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṅga (noun, masculine)

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

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active first dual]
ayava -
ayava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ayava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ayavan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
cālanam -
cālana (noun, neuter)

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

cālanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]