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 4.53.27

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स्वयं संकल्पनामात्रं जायते बालयक्षवत् ।
अनन्तायात्मदुःखाय नानन्दाय कदाचन ॥ २७ ॥

svayaṃ saṃkalpanāmātraṃ jāyate bālayakṣavat |
anantāyātmaduḥkhāya nānandāya kadācana || 27 ||

But it is born and reborn by its repeated desires, as the child sees the ghost by its constant fear of it.
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 (4.53.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayam, Sankalpana, Atra, Jayat, Bala, Akshavat, Ananta, Atma, Duhkha, Nananda, Kada, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.53.27). 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: “svayaṃ saṃkalpanāmātraṃ jāyate bālayakṣavat ”
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṅkalpanām -
saṅkalpanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
bāla -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāla (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]
Line 2: “anantāyātmaduḥkhāya nānandāya kadācana ”
anantāyā -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ananta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

atma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkhāya -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
nānandāya -
nānanda (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

nānanda (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]