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 3.111.6

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अयत्नेन यथा बाल इतश्चेतश्च योज्यते ।
भावैस्तथैव चेतोन्तः किमिवात्रास्ति दुष्करम् ॥ ६ ॥

ayatnena yathā bāla itaścetaśca yojyate |
bhāvaistathaiva cetontaḥ kimivātrāsti duṣkaram || 6 ||

As a boy has no pain to turn himself this way and that in his play;so it is not difficult to turn the mind, from one thing to another at pleasure.
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 (3.111.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ayatnena, Ayatna, Yatha, Bala, Itah, Ita, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Bhava, Tatha, Cetu, Tas, Kimi, Vatri, Asti, Dushkara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.111.6). 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: “ayatnena yathā bāla itaścetaśca yojyate ”
ayatnena -
ayatnena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ayatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bāla* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
itaś -
itaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
cetaś -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yojyate -
√yuj (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “bhāvaistathaiva cetontaḥ kimivātrāsti duṣkaram ”
bhāvais -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
ceto -
ceta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ceta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

cetu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

cetā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cat (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√ci (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√ci (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√ci (verb class 5)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√cit (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ūn -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kimi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vātrā -
vātṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
duṣkaram -
duṣkara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duṣkara (noun, neuter)

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

duṣkarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]