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 4.54.18

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संकल्पेनैव संकल्पं मनसा स्वमनो मुने ।
छित्त्वा स्वात्मनि तिष्ठ त्वं किमेतावति दुष्करम् ॥ १८ ॥

saṃkalpenaiva saṃkalpaṃ manasā svamano mune |
chittvā svātmani tiṣṭha tvaṃ kimetāvati duṣkaram || 18 ||

Kill your desire by desiring nothing, and turn your mind from all things, by fixing it in the Supreme, which you can easily do of yourself.
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 (4.54.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Manasa, Manas, Svamat, Muni, Svatman, Tishtha, Tva, Yushmad, Kimi, Tavati, Tavat, Dushkara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.54.18). 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: “saṃkalpenaiva saṃkalpaṃ manasā svamano mune ”
saṅkalpenai -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
saṅkalpam -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṅkalpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
manasā -
manasā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

manas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svaman -
svamat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
o* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
mune -
muni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
Line 2: “chittvā svātmani tiṣṭha tvaṃ kimetāvati duṣkaram ”
chittvā -
√chid -> chittvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √chid]

√chid -> chittvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √chid]
svātmani -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tiṣṭha -
tiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tiṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kime -
kimi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
tāvati -
tāvati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
duṣkaram -
duṣkara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duṣkara (noun, neuter)

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

duṣkarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]