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 3.114.76

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तिष्ठतस्तव कार्येषु मास्तु रागेषु रञ्जना ।
स्फटिकस्येव चित्राणि प्रतिबिम्बानि गृह्णतः ॥ ७६ ॥

tiṣṭhatastava kāryeṣu māstu rāgeṣu rañjanā |
sphaṭikasyeva citrāṇi pratibimbāni gṛhṇataḥ || 76 ||

Employ thy mind to thy duties, without being tarnished by thy attachment to any; but remain as the unsullied crystal, receiving the reflections of outward objects, without being stained by any.
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 (3.114.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tishthat, Yushmad, Karya, Mas, Raga, Ranjana, Sphatika, Iva, Citra, Pratibimba, Grihnat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.114.76). 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: “tiṣṭhatastava kāryeṣu māstu rāgeṣu rañjanā ”
tiṣṭhatas -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
kāryeṣu -
kārya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kārya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
mās -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rāgeṣu -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
rañjanā -
rañjanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sphaṭikasyeva citrāṇi pratibimbāni gṛhṇataḥ ”
sphaṭikasye -
sphaṭika (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
citrāṇi -
citra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pratibimbāni -
pratibimba (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gṛhṇataḥ -
gṛhṇat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [ablative single from √grah class 9 verb], [genitive single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √grah class 9 verb], [genitive single from √grah class 9 verb]