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 4.33.32

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असन्नयमहंकारः स्वयं मिथ्या प्रकल्पितः ।
दुःखायैव न हर्षाय बालसंभ्रमयक्षवत् ॥ ३२ ॥

asannayamahaṃkāraḥ svayaṃ mithyā prakalpitaḥ |
duḥkhāyaiva na harṣāya bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat || 32 ||

Egoistic pride is unmannerly in men, and is taken in the light of vanity, it is the cause of sorrow and not delight; and is as bug-bears to boys.
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 (4.33.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asanna, Yama, Ham, Kara, Svayam, Mithya, Prakalpita, Duhkha, Harsha, Bala, Sambhrama, Akshavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.33.32). 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: “asannayamahaṃkāraḥ svayaṃ mithyā prakalpitaḥ ”
asanna -
asanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asanna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haṅ -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
kāraḥ -
kāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mithyā -
mithyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prakalpitaḥ -
prakalpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “duḥkhāyaiva na harṣāya bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat ”
duḥkhāyai -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
harṣāya -
harṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

harṣa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
bāla -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhrama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
akṣavat -
akṣavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

akṣavat (noun, neuter)

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