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 3.21.70

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श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
अविचारेण तरले भ्रान्तासि चिरमाकुला ।
अविचारः स्वभावोत्थः स विचाराद्विनश्यति ॥ ७० ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
avicāreṇa tarale bhrāntāsi ciramākulā |
avicāraḥ svabhāvotthaḥ sa vicārādvinaśyati || 70 ||

The goddess replied:—It was your want of reason that has led you to error so long; and it is the absence of reasoning that is the natural bane of mankind, and requires to be remedied by your attending to reason.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.21.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Avicara, Tarala, Bhranta, Asi, Ciram, Cira, Akula, Svabhava, Uttha, Vicara, Vina, Shyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.70). 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: “śrīdevyuvāca ”
śrīdevyu -
śrīdevī (noun, masculine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, feminine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “avicāreṇa tarale bhrāntāsi ciramākulā ”
avicāreṇa -
avicāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

avicāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tarale -
tarala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tarala (noun, neuter)

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

taralā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhrāntā -
bhrānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhrānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhrāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ākulā -
ākulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “avicāraḥ svabhāvotthaḥ sa vicārādvinaśyati ”
avicāraḥ -
avicāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svabhāvo -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
utthaḥ -
uttha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vicārād -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vina -
vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śyati -
√śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā (verb class 4)

[present active third single]