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 3.112.19

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मन एव समर्थं वो मनसो दृढनिग्रहे ।
अराजा कः समर्थः स्याद्राज्ञो राघव निग्रहे ॥ १९ ॥

mana eva samarthaṃ vo manaso dṛḍhanigrahe |
arājā kaḥ samarthaḥ syādrājño rāghava nigrahe || 19 ||

The mind only is capable of subduing the mind; for who can subdue a king unless he is a king 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 (3.112.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mana, Manas, Eva, Samartha, Yushmad, Manasa, Dridha, Nigraha, Arajan, Kah, Syat, Sya, Rajan, Raghava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.112.19). 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: “mana eva samarthaṃ vo manaso dṛḍhanigrahe ”
mana* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samartham -
samartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samartha (noun, neuter)

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

samarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vo* -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
manaso* -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛḍha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nigrahe -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “arājā kaḥ samarthaḥ syādrājño rāghava nigrahe ”
arājā -
arājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samarthaḥ -
samartha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
rājño* -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nigrahe -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]