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 3.70.77

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कपर्दकार्धलाभेन कृपणो बहु मन्यते ।
दुरुच्छेदा हि भूतानामहंकारचमत्कृतिः ॥ ७७ ॥

kapardakārdhalābhena kṛpaṇo bahu manyate |
durucchedā hi bhūtānāmahaṃkāracamatkṛtiḥ || 77 ||

The miserly think much of their gain of even a single cowry: so deeprooted is the avaricious selfishness of human nature.
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 (3.70.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kapardaka, Ardha, Labha, Kripana, Bahu, Duruccheda, Bhuta, Ahankara, Camatkriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.70.77). 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: “kapardakārdhalābhena kṛpaṇo bahu manyate ”
kapardakā -
kapardaka (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ardha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lābhena -
lābha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
kṛpaṇo* -
kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bahu -
bahu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bahu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bahu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
manyate -
√man (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “durucchedā hi bhūtānāmahaṃkāracamatkṛtiḥ ”
durucchedā* -
duruccheda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

durucchedā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhūtānām -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ahaṅkāra -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
camatkṛtiḥ -
camatkṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]