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 4.24.4

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विवेकतन्तुजालेन गृहीता येन ते शठाः ।
तस्याङ्गानि न लुम्पन्ति पाशा नागबलं यथा ॥ ४ ॥

vivekatantujālena gṛhītā yena te śaṭhāḥ |
tasyāṅgāni na lumpanti pāśā nāgabalaṃ yathā || 4 ||

He who can entrap these greedy birds of the senses, under the snare of his right reason, is never ensnared in his person in the trap of sin, but breaks its bonds as the elephant does his fetters.
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 (4.24.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Viveka, Jala, Grihita, Yena, Yah, Yat, Tad, Yushmad, Shatha, Anga, Lumpat, Lumpanti, Pasha, Nagabala, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.24.4). 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: “vivekatantujālena gṛhītā yena te śaṭhāḥ ”
viveka -
viveka (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
jālena -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
gṛhītā* -
gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gṛhītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
śaṭhāḥ -
śaṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śaṭhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tasyāṅgāni na lumpanti pāśā nāgabalaṃ yathā ”
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
aṅgāni -
aṅga (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lumpanti -
√lup -> lumpat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √lup class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √lup class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √lup class 6 verb]

√lup -> lumpantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √lup class 6 verb]

√lup (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
pāśā* -
pāśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pāśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāgabalam -
nāgabala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nāgabala (noun, neuter)

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

nāgabalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]