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 4.23.51

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त्यजत्स्वात्मसुखं सौम्यं मनो विषयविद्रुतम् ।
अङ्कुशेनेव नागेन्द्रं विचारेण वशं नयेत् ॥ ५१ ॥

tyajatsvātmasukhaṃ saumyaṃ mano viṣayavidrutam |
aṅkuśeneva nāgendraṃ vicāreṇa vaśaṃ nayet || 51 ||

The unwise man becomes wise by relinquishing all the pleasures of his body, and subduing the emotions of his mind by his reason; as the rider subdues the ungovernable elephant by the goad (ankusa) in his hand.
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 (4.23.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tyajat, Atmasukha, Saumya, Mana, Manas, Vishaya, Vidruta, Ankusha, Iva, Nagendra, Vicara, Vasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.51). 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: “tyajatsvātmasukhaṃ saumyaṃ mano viṣayavidrutam ”
tyajatsvā -
√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √tyaj class 1 verb]

√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √tyaj class 1 verb]
ātmasukham -
ātmasukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
saumyam -
saumya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saumya (noun, neuter)

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

saumyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viṣaya -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidrutam -
vidruta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vidruta (noun, neuter)

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

vidrutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “aṅkuśeneva nāgendraṃ vicāreṇa vaśaṃ nayet ”
aṅkuśene -
aṅkuśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aṅkuśa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāgendram -
nāgendra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vicāreṇa -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vaśam -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

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

vaśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nayet -
√nay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]