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 4.42.30

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इच्छाद्याः शक्तयश्चेतो गावो वृषमिवोन्मदम् ।
अनुधावन्ति दोषाय सरितः सागरं यथा ॥ ३० ॥

icchādyāḥ śaktayaśceto gāvo vṛṣamivonmadam |
anudhāvanti doṣāya saritaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā || 30 ||

The tendencies of the mind, pursue their desired objects, as the cow follows the lusty bull;and the mind runs after its objects only to be polluted by them, as the sweet stream of the river, meets the sea to become bitter and briny.
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 (4.42.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iccha, Adya, Shakti, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Gava, Vrisha, Iva, Unmada, Anu, Dhavanti, Dhavat, Dosha, Sarit, Sarita, Sagara, 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 4.42.30). 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: “icchādyāḥ śaktayaśceto gāvo vṛṣamivonmadam ”
icchā -
icchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√iṣ (verb class 6)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

adyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√ad (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
śaktayaś -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ceto* -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gāvo* -
go (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
vṛṣam -
vṛṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛṣa (noun, neuter)

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

vṛṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vṛṣan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vṛṣan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
unmadam -
unmada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

unmada (noun, neuter)

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

unmadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “anudhāvanti doṣāya saritaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā ”
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dhāvanti -
dhāvantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

dhāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
doṣāya -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
saritaḥ -
sarit (noun, feminine)

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

sarita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sāgaram -
sāgara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāgara (noun, neuter)

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

sāgarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]