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 4.23.57

बन्धमुक्तो महीपालो ग्रासमात्रेण तुष्यति ।
परैरबद्धो नाक्रान्तो न राज्यं बहु मन्यते ॥ ५७ ॥

bandhamukto mahīpālo grāsamātreṇa tuṣyati |
parairabaddho nākrānto na rājyaṃ bahu manyate || 57 ||

A captive prince when enfranchised, is content with his morsel of bread, who ere before had been discontented with a realm in his free and uncaptured state.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.23.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bandhamukta, Mahipala, Grasa, Atra, Tushyat, Para, Abaddha, Nakra, Tas, Rajya, Bahu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.57). 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: “bandhamukto mahīpālo grāsamātreṇa tuṣyati
  • bandhamukto* -
  • bandhamukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahīpālo* -
  • mahīpāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • grāsam -
  • grāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    grāsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    grāsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātreṇa -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tuṣyati -
  • tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “parairabaddho nākrānto na rājyaṃ bahu manyate
  • parair -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • abaddho* -
  • abaddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nākrān -
  • nākra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • to* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājyam -
  • rājya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • manyate -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.57

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 4.23.57 in Gujarati sript:
બન્ધમુક્તો મહીપાલો ગ્રાસમાત્રેણ તુષ્યતિ ।
પરૈરબદ્ધો નાક્રાન્તો ન રાજ્યં બહુ મન્યતે ॥ ૫૭ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 4.23.57 in Telugu sript:
బన్ధముక్తో మహీపాలో గ్రాసమాత్రేణ తుష్యతి ।
పరైరబద్ధో నాక్రాన్తో న రాజ్యం బహు మన్యతే ॥ ౫౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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