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 4.33.27

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बाध्यते चामलधियामपिशाचे पिशाचधीः ।
शिशूनां तावदाध्वान्तःकरणानां विचारणा ॥ २७ ॥

bādhyate cāmaladhiyāmapiśāce piśācadhīḥ |
śiśūnāṃ tāvadādhvāntaḥkaraṇānāṃ vicāraṇā || 27 ||

Even clear understandings are sometimes clouded by false apparitions, as those of ogres &c.; when there are no such things, just as children are seized with false fear of goblins.
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 (4.33.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pishaca, Pishaci, Dhi, Shishu, Tavat, Dhvanta, Karana, Vicarana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.33.27). 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: “bādhyate cāmaladhiyāmapiśāce piśācadhīḥ ”
bādhyate -
√bādh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√bādh (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
cāma -
√cam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
la -
la (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhiyāma -
√dhi (verb class 6)

[imperative active first plural]
piśāce -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

piśācā (noun, feminine)

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

piśāci (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
piśāca -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhīḥ -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
Line 2: “śiśūnāṃ tāvadādhvāntaḥkaraṇānāṃ vicāraṇā ”
śiśūnām -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śiśu (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhvāntaḥ -
dhvānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karaṇānām -
karaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

karaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

karaṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vicāraṇā -
vicāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]