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 4.24.11

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सामन्तश्चेन्द्रियाक्रान्तेर्मनो मन्ये विवेकिनः ।
लालनात्स्निग्धललना पालनात्पावनः पिता ॥ ११ ॥

sāmantaścendriyākrāntermano manye vivekinaḥ |
lālanātsnigdhalalanā pālanātpāvanaḥ pitā || 11 ||

He is the faithful servant, who acts according to the will of his master, and he is the true minister who does good services to his prince. He is the best general who has command over the force of his own body, and that is the best understanding which is guided by reason.
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 (4.24.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samanta, Indriya, Akranti, Mana, Manas, Manya, Mani, Vivekin, Viveki, Lalana, Snigdha, Palana, Pavana, Pitri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.24.11). 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: “sāmantaścendriyākrāntermano manye vivekinaḥ ”
sāmantaś -
sāmanta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ce -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

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

ca (noun, neuter)

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

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākrānter -
ākrānti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manye -
manya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

manya (noun, neuter)

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

manyā (noun, feminine)

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

manī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive first single]
vivekinaḥ -
vivekin (noun, masculine)

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

vivekin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vivekī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “lālanātsnigdhalalanā pālanātpāvanaḥ pitā ”
lālanāt -
lālana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

lālana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
snigdha -
snigdha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

snigdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √snih class 1 verb], [vocative single from √snih class 4 verb]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √snih class 1 verb], [vocative single from √snih class 4 verb]
lalanā -
lalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pālanāt -
pālana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pālana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
pāvanaḥ -
pāvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]