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 3.122.28

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संसारोग्रारघट्टेऽस्मिन्नारूढा यन्त्रवाहिनी ।
रज्जुस्तां वासनामेतां छिन्धि राघव यत्नतः ॥ २८ ॥

saṃsārogrāraghaṭṭe'sminnārūḍhā yantravāhinī |
rajjustāṃ vāsanāmetāṃ chindhi rāghava yatnataḥ || 28 ||

The world is a crushing mill, with its lower and upper stones of the earth and heaven; our desires are the cords that incessantly drag us under it: therefore Rama, break off these ropes.
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 (3.122.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsara, Ugra, Araghatta, Idam, Arudha, Yantravahini, Rajju, Vasana, Eta, Esha, Raghava, Yatnatah, Yatnata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.122.28). 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: “saṃsārogrāraghaṭṭe'sminnārūḍhā yantravāhinī ”
saṃsāro -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ugrā -
ugra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ugra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ugrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
araghaṭṭe' -
araghaṭṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
asminn -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
ārūḍhā* -
ārūḍha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ārūḍhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound]

yantravāhinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
Line 2: “rajjustāṃ vāsanāmetāṃ chindhi rāghava yatnataḥ ”
rajjus -
rajju (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vāsanām -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
etām -
etā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Cannot analyse chindhi*rā
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnataḥ -
yatnataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatnata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]