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 4.24.8

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वसन्त इव मञ्जर्यो वर्धन्ते शुद्धबुद्धयः ।
प्रक्षीणचित्तदर्पस्य निगृहीतेन्द्रियद्विषः ॥ ८ ॥

vasanta iva mañjaryo vardhante śuddhabuddhayaḥ |
prakṣīṇacittadarpasya nigṛhītendriyadviṣaḥ || 8 ||

He who has brought the senses under his slavery, and reduced the enemy of his mind to subjection; has the blossoms of his understanding ever blooming within him as in the vernal meadow.
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 (4.24.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasanta, Vasat, Iva, Manjari, Shuddhabuddhi, Prakshina, Citta, Darpa, Nigrihita, Indriya, Dvisha, Dvish,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.24.8). 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: “vasanta iva mañjaryo vardhante śuddhabuddhayaḥ ”
vasanta* -
vasanta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vas -> vasat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mañjaryo* -
mañjarī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vardhante -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
śuddhabuddhayaḥ -
śuddhabuddhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śuddhabuddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “prakṣīṇacittadarpasya nigṛhītendriyadviṣaḥ ”
prakṣīṇa -
prakṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
darpasya -
darpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
nigṛhīte -
nigṛhīta (noun, masculine)

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

nigṛhīta (noun, neuter)

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

nigṛhītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
indriya -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dviṣaḥ -
dviṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dviṣ (noun, feminine)

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