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 4.33.37

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अहंभावोऽङ्कुरो जन्म वृक्षाणामक्षयात्मनाम् ।
ममेदमिति विस्तीर्णास्तेषां शाखाः सहस्रशः ॥ ३७ ॥

ahaṃbhāvo'ṅkuro janma vṛkṣāṇāmakṣayātmanām |
mamedamiti vistīrṇāsteṣāṃ śākhāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 37 ||

Egoism is the sprout of the trees of our lives, in their interminable revolutions through the world; and meity or the sense that "this is mine," is the cause that makes them expand in a thousand branches.
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 (4.33.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahambhava, Ankura, Janma, Janman, Vriksha, Akshaya, Mana, Mit, Vistirna, Tad, Shakha, Sahasrashah, Sahasrashas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.33.37). 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: “ahaṃbhāvo'ṅkuro janma vṛkṣāṇāmakṣayātmanām ”
ahambhāvo' -
ahambhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṅkuro* -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
janma -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vṛkṣāṇām -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
akṣayāt -
akṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

akṣaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
manām -
manā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “mamedamiti vistīrṇāsteṣāṃ śākhāḥ sahasraśaḥ ”
mameda -
√med (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
miti -
miti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

mit (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vistīrṇās -
vistīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vistīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
śākhāḥ -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śākhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sahasraśaḥ -
sahasraśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sahasraśas (noun, neuter)

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