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 4.24.9

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पद्मिन्य इव हेमन्ते क्षीयन्ते भोगवासनाः ।
तावन्निशीथवेताला वल्गन्ति हृदि वासनाः ॥ ९ ॥

padminya iva hemante kṣīyante bhogavāsanāḥ |
tāvanniśīthavetālā valganti hṛdi vāsanāḥ || 9 ||

He who has weakened the pride of his mind, and subdued the enemies of his senses; has his desires all shrunken as the lotuses in the cold weather.
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 (4.24.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Padmini, Iva, Hemanta, Bhoga, Vasana, Tavat, Nishitha, Vetala, Valgat, Valganti, Hrid,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.24.9). 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: “padminya iva hemante kṣīyante bhogavāsanāḥ ”
padminya* -
padminī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
hemante -
hemanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kṣīyante -
√kṣai (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√kṣī (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√kṣī (verb class 5)

[present passive third plural]

√kṣī (verb class 9)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsanāḥ -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tāvanniśīthavetālā valganti hṛdi vāsanāḥ ”
tāvan -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vetālā* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vetālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
valganti -
√valg -> valgat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √valg class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √valg class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √valg class 1 verb]

√valg -> valgantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √valg class 1 verb]

√valg (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
hṛdi -
hṛd (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vāsanāḥ -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

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