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 3.99.39

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संकल्पवासनाजालैः स्वयमायाति बन्धनम् ।
मनो लालामयैर्जालैः कोशकारकृमिर्यथा ॥ ३९ ॥

saṃkalpavāsanājālaiḥ svayamāyāti bandhanam |
mano lālāmayairjālaiḥ kośakārakṛmiryathā || 39 ||

The mind is entrapped in the net of its own wishes, as the silk worm is entwined in the cocoon by the thread of its own making.
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 (3.99.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Vasana, Jala, Svayam, Ayat, Bandhana, Mana, Manas, Lala, Aya, Koshakara, Krimi, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.39). 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: “saṃkalpavāsanājālaiḥ svayamāyāti bandhanam ”
saṅkalpa -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jālaiḥ -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
āyāti -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bandhanam -
bandhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bandhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “mano lālāmayairjālaiḥ kośakārakṛmiryathā ”
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lālām -
lālā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ayair -
aya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
jālaiḥ -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kośakāra -
kośakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kośakāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛmir -
kṛmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

kṛmi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]