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 4.23.21

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शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शगन्धबन्धुश्रियो यतः ।
अनयैव हि लभ्यन्ते तेनेयं ज्ञस्य लाभदा ॥ २१ ॥

śabdarūparasasparśagandhabandhuśriyo yataḥ |
anayaiva hi labhyante teneyaṃ jñasya lābhadā || 21 ||

The possession of the body, is of no disadvantage to the wise man; who can obtain by it, all the objects of his hearing and seeing, of his touch and smelling, and his friends and prosperity.
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 (4.23.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shabdarupa, Rasasparsha, Shri, Shriya, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Anaya, Iyam, Idam, Tad, Tena, Jna, Labha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.21). 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: “śabdarūparasasparśagandhabandhuśriyo yataḥ ”
śabdarūpa -
śabdarūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śabdarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rasasparśa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]
śriyo* -
śrī (noun, feminine)

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

śrī (noun, masculine)

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

śriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yataḥ -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
Line 2: “anayaiva hi labhyante teneyaṃ jñasya lābhadā ”
anayai -
anaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
labhyante -
√labh (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
tene -
tena (noun, masculine)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jñasya -
jña (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

jña (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
lābha -
lābha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dā -
dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]