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 4.35.26

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स्वविकल्पान्नरस्तत्र प्रसार्य रचयत्यलम् ।
जालमात्मनिबन्धाय कोशकारकृमिर्यथा ॥ २६ ॥

svavikalpānnarastatra prasārya racayatyalam |
jālamātmanibandhāya kośakārakṛmiryathā || 26 ||

Man stretches his own sphere of action by his own option only to entrap himself in it, as the silkworm weaves its cocoon for its own imprisonment.
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 (4.35.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svan, Avikalpa, Ara, Tatra, Prasarya, Racayat, Alam, Ala, Jala, Atman, Bandha, Koshakara, Krimi, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.35.26). 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: “svavikalpānnarastatra prasārya racayatyalam ”
sva -
sū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
avikalpānn -
avikalpa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
aras -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prasārya -
prasārya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prasārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prasārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
racayatya -
√rac -> racayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac -> racayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √rac class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √rac class 10 verb], [locative single from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac (verb class 10)

[present active third single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “jālamātmanibandhāya kośakārakṛmiryathā ”
jālam -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

jālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
bandhāya -
bandha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kośakāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛmir -
kṛmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

kṛmi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]