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 3.70.17

< Previous

Next >

साग्रा संचिन्तयामास न सूचीरूपतुच्छताम् ।
चित्तमीहितमेवैकं पश्यन्त्यास्ते निरर्थकम् ॥ १७ ॥

sāgrā saṃcintayāmāsa na sūcīrūpatucchatām |
cittamīhitamevaikaṃ paśyantyāste nirarthakam || 17 ||

Her object was to have her food, and not the contemptible form of the pin; her heart desired one thing, and she found herself in another form, that was of no use to her purpose.
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 (3.70.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sagra, Suci, Rupa, Tuccha, Citta, Ihita, Eva, Aika, Pashyanti, Tad, Yushmad, Nirarthaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.70.17). 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: “sāgrā saṃcintayāmāsa na sūcīrūpatucchatām ”
sāgrā -
sāgrā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cintayāmā -
√cint (verb class 10)

[imperative active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sūcīr -
sūci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]

sūci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sūcī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

sūcī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rūpa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tuccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “cittamīhitamevaikaṃ paśyantyāste nirarthakam ”
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
īhitam -
īhita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īhita (noun, neuter)

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

īhitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√īh -> īhita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √īh class 1 verb]

√īh -> īhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √īh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √īh class 1 verb]
evai -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aikam -
aika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aika (noun, neuter)

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

aikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
paśyantyās -
paśyantī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
nirarthakam -
nirarthaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirarthaka (noun, neuter)

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