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 3.70.78

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सूचिकायुग्मलभ्येन मोहितेनात्मना नृणाम् ।
मृतिमाशङ्कते चित्रा स्वार्थे नोदेति मूढता ॥ ७८ ॥

sūcikāyugmalabhyena mohitenātmanā nṛṇām |
mṛtimāśaṅkate citrā svārthe nodeti mūḍhatā || 78 ||

It was but for a particle of blood, or as much as could be picked out by the point of a pin, that the colic Suchi was bent on the destruction of men: so the wise are fools in their own interests.
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 (3.70.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sucika, Ayugma, Labhya, Mohita, Atman, Nri, Mritiman, Citra, Svartha, Noda, Iti, Mudhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.70.78). 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: “sūcikāyugmalabhyena mohitenātmanā nṛṇām ”
sūcikā -
sūcika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sūcikā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ayugma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
labhyena -
labhya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

labhya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√labh -> labhya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labhya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √labh class 1 verb]
mohitenā -
mohita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mohita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√muh -> mohita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √muh]

√muh -> mohita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √muh]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “mṛtimāśaṅkate citrā svārthe nodeti mūḍhatā ”
mṛtimā -
mṛtiman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
aśaṅkate -
citrā -
citrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svārthe -
svārtha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svārtha (noun, neuter)

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

svārthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
node -
noda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
mūḍhatā -
mūḍhatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]