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 3.103.10

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चित्रां क्रीडनकश्रेणीं यथा पङ्काद्गृहे शिशुः ।
करोत्येवं मनो राम विकल्पं कुरुते जगत् ॥ १० ॥

citrāṃ krīḍanakaśreṇīṃ yathā paṅkādgṛhe śiśuḥ |
karotyevaṃ mano rāma vikalpaṃ kurute jagat || 10 ||

As the child makes a variety of his toy dolls at home from clay, so the mind is the maker of all its good and bad chances, according to the merit or demerit of its past actions.
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 (3.103.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citra, Kridanaka, Shreni, Yatha, Panka, Grih, Griha, Shishu, Karoti, Evam, Eva, Mana, Manas, Rama, Vikalpa, Kuruta, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.103.10). 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: “citrāṃ krīḍanakaśreṇīṃ yathā paṅkādgṛhe śiśuḥ ”
citrām -
citrā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
krīḍanaka -
krīḍanaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

krīḍanaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śreṇīm -
śreṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paṅkād -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
gṛhe -
gṛh (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

gṛh (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śiśuḥ -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “karotyevaṃ mano rāma vikalpaṃ kurute jagat ”
karotye -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
vikalpam -
vikalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vikalpa (noun, neuter)

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

vikalpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kurute -
kurutā (noun, feminine)

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

kuruta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kuruta (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present middle third single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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