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 3.42.2

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यथा बालस्य वेतालो मृतिपर्यन्तदुःखदः ।
असदेव सदाकारं तथा मूढमते जगत् ॥ २ ॥

yathā bālasya vetālo mṛtiparyantaduḥkhadaḥ |
asadeva sadākāraṃ tathā mūḍhamate jagat || 2 ||

As a child is not freed from his fear of ghosts until his death; so the ignorant man never gets rid of his fallacy of the reality of the unreal world, as long as he lives.
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 (3.42.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Bala, Vetala, Paryanta, Duhkha, Asat, Eva, Sada, Sad, Akara, Tatha, Mudhamati, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.42.2). 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: “yathā bālasya vetālo mṛtiparyantaduḥkhadaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bālasya -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vetālo* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
paryanta -
paryanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paryanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daḥ -
da (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “asadeva sadākāraṃ tathā mūḍhamate jagat ”
asad -
asat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

asat (noun, neuter)

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

√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sad (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
akāram -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mūḍhamate -
mūḍhamati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mūḍhamati (noun, feminine)

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

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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