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 4.5.4

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लवणस्य यथा राज्ञश्चेन्द्रजालाकुलाकृतेः ।
चण्डालत्वमनुप्राप्तं तथेदं मनसि स्थितम् ॥ ४ ॥

lavaṇasya yathā rājñaścendrajālākulākṛteḥ |
caṇḍālatvamanuprāptaṃ tathedaṃ manasi sthitam || 4 ||

It is situated in the same manner in the minds of men, as the thought of king Lavana's transformation of himself to a chandala, under the influence of sorcery.
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 (4.5.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lavana, Yatha, Rajan, Indrajala, Akula, Akriti, Candalatva, Anuprapta, Tatha, Idam, Manas, Manasin, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.5.4). 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: “lavaṇasya yathā rājñaścendrajālākulākṛteḥ ”
lavaṇasya -
lavaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

lavaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rājñaś -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
ce -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
indrajālā -
indrajāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
akulā -
akula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

akulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṛteḥ -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “caṇḍālatvamanuprāptaṃ tathedaṃ manasi sthitam ”
caṇḍālatvam -
caṇḍālatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
anuprāptam -
anuprāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anuprāpta (noun, neuter)

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

anuprāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tathe -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

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

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
manasi -
manasin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

manasin (noun, neuter)

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

manas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√mnā (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
sthitam -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

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

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]