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 3.99.5

तत्र ये ते महाकाराः पुरुषाः प्रभ्रमन्ति हि ।
मनांसि तानि विद्धि त्वं दुःखे निपतितान्यलम् ॥ ५ ॥

tatra ye te mahākārāḥ puruṣāḥ prabhramanti hi |
manāṃsi tāni viddhi tvaṃ duḥkhe nipatitānyalam || 5 ||

The big bodied men, that you beheld wandering therein, know them to be the minds of men, and bound to the miseries of the world.

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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 (3.99.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Yah, Yat, Tad, Yushmad, Mahakara, Purusha, Pra, Bhramat, Bhramanti, Manas, Tani, Tva, Duhkha, Nipatita, Alam, Ala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.5). 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: “tatra ye te mahākārāḥ puruṣāḥ prabhramanti hi
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • mahākārāḥ -
  • mahākāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahākārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • puruṣāḥ -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • bhramanti -
  • bhramantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    bhramantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhramantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhram (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “manāṃsi tāni viddhi tvaṃ duḥkhe nipatitānyalam
  • manāṃsi -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viddhi -
  • viddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • duḥkhe -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nipatitānya -
  • nipatita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • alam -
  • alam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.5

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.99.5 in Gujarati sript:
તત્ર યે તે મહાકારાઃ પુરુષાઃ પ્રભ્રમન્તિ હિ ।
મનાંસિ તાનિ વિદ્ધિ ત્વં દુઃખે નિપતિતાન્યલમ્ ॥ ૫ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.99.5 in Telugu sript:
తత్ర యే తే మహాకారాః పురుషాః ప్రభ్రమన్తి హి ।
మనాంసి తాని విద్ధి త్వం దుఃఖే నిపతితాన్యలమ్ ॥ ౫ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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