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 4.15.12

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देहेनाहंविलासेषु येनैव मुदितोऽभवम् ।
कङ्कालतामुपगतात्तस्मादेव बिभेम्यहम् ॥ १२ ॥

dehenāhaṃvilāseṣu yenaiva mudito'bhavam |
kaṅkālatāmupagatāttasmādeva bibhemyaham || 12 ||

I take fright to look upon this body, in which I had taken so much pleasure before, and which is now reduced to a skeleton.
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 (4.15.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deha, Aha, Asmad, Vilasa, Yena, Yah, Yat, Mudita, Abhava, Kankala, Pac, Atta, Sma, Sman, Adeva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.15.12). 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: “dehenāhaṃvilāseṣu yenaiva mudito'bhavam ”
dehenā -
deha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ahaṃ -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
vilāseṣu -
vilāsa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vilāsa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yenai -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mudito' -
mudita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]

√mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
abhavam -
abhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 2: “kaṅkālatāmupagatāttasmādeva bibhemyaham ”
kaṅkāla -
kaṅkāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṅkāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāmu -
tāmu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
pag -
pac (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pac (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
atā -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
atta -
atta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ad (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
smā -
sma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

smā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
adeva -
adeva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adeva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bibhemya -
√bhī (verb class 3)

[present active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]