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 3.99.36

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स्वयं प्रहरति स्वान्तं स्वयमेव स्वयेच्छया ।
पलायते स्वयं चैव पश्याज्ञानविजृम्भितम् ॥ ३६ ॥

svayaṃ praharati svāntaṃ svayameva svayecchayā |
palāyate svayaṃ caiva paśyājñānavijṛmbhitam || 36 ||

The man that afflicts himself by his own desires, and then flies to this way and that, signifies his fool-heartedness to hunt after everything, and be a runaway from himself.
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 (3.99.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayam, Pra, Harat, Svanta, Eva, Sva, Icchaya, Iccha, Pala, Tad, Yushmad, Pashya, Ajnana, Vijrimbhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.36). 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: “svayaṃ praharati svāntaṃ svayameva svayecchayā ”
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
harati -
√hṛ -> harat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ -> harat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
svāntam -
svānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svānta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svaye -
svā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
icchayā -
icchayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

icchā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “palāyate svayaṃ caiva paśyājñānavijṛmbhitam ”
palāya -
pala (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

pala (noun, neuter)

[dative 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]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
paśyā -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
ajñāna -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vijṛmbhitam -
vijṛmbhita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vijṛmbhita (noun, neuter)

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

vijṛmbhitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]