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 4.43.26

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आशापाशशताबद्धा वासनाभावधारिणः ।
कायात्कायमुपायान्ति वृक्षात्वृक्षमिवाण्डजाः ॥ २६ ॥

āśāpāśaśatābaddhā vāsanābhāvadhāriṇaḥ |
kāyātkāyamupāyānti vṛkṣātvṛkṣamivāṇḍajāḥ || 26 ||

Entrapped in the hundred fold snare of desire, and converted to the various forms of their wishes, they pass from one body to another, as the birds fly from one tree to alight on another.
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 (4.43.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashapasha, Shata, Abaddha, Vasana, Abhava, Dhari, Dharin, Kaya, Upaya, Anti, Vriksha, Iva, Andaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.43.26). 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: “āśāpāśaśatābaddhā vāsanābhāvadhāriṇaḥ ”
āśāpāśa -
āśāpāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśāpāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śatā -
śata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abaddhā* -
abaddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abaddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vāsanā -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhāva -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dhāriṇaḥ -
dhāri (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dhārin (noun, masculine)

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

dhārin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “kāyātkāyamupāyānti vṛkṣātvṛkṣamivāṇḍajāḥ ”
kāyāt -
kāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kāya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kāyam -
kāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāya (noun, neuter)

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

kāyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upāyā -
upāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
vṛkṣāt -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vṛkṣam -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṇḍajāḥ -
aṇḍaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aṇḍajā (noun, feminine)

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