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 3.113.65

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पुरुषस्य न या शक्ता सोढुमीक्षितुमप्यलम् ।
तया स्त्रियावरणया चित्रमन्धीकृतः पुमान् ॥ ६५ ॥

puruṣasya na yā śaktā soḍhumīkṣitumapyalam |
tayā striyāvaraṇayā citramandhīkṛtaḥ pumān || 65 ||

It is strange that man should be blinded by the womanish attire of error, which beguiles the man but dares not to look at him face to face.
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 (3.113.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Shakta, Stri, Arana, Citram, Citra, Andhikrita, Pums,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.113.65). 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: “puruṣasya na yā śaktā soḍhumīkṣitumapyalam ”
puruṣasya -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaktā -
śaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śac -> śaktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śaktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak (verb class 5)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
Cannot analyse soḍhumīkṣitumapyalam
Line 2: “tayā striyāvaraṇayā citramandhīkṛtaḥ pumān ”
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
striyāva -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
araṇayā -
araṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
citram -
citram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

citra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citra (noun, neuter)

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

citrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
andhīkṛtaḥ -
andhīkṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]