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 4.57.19

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बद्धो हि वासनाबद्धो मोक्षः स्याद्वासनाक्षयः ।
वासनास्त्वं परित्यज्य मोक्षार्थित्वमपि त्यज ॥ १९ ॥

baddho hi vāsanābaddho mokṣaḥ syādvāsanākṣayaḥ |
vāsanāstvaṃ parityajya mokṣārthitvamapi tyaja || 19 ||

The man bound to his desires is a bondsman, and one freed from them is said to be set free from his slavery;do you but cast away your desires, and you will have no cause to seek for your freedom.
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 (4.57.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Baddha, Vasana, Abaddha, Moksha, Syat, Sya, Vasanakshaya, Tva, Yushmad, Parityajya, Arthitva, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.57.19). 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: “baddho hi vāsanābaddho mokṣaḥ syādvāsanākṣayaḥ ”
baddho* -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vāsanā -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
mokṣaḥ -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
vāsanākṣayaḥ -
vāsanākṣaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vāsanāstvaṃ parityajya mokṣārthitvamapi tyaja ”
vāsanās -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
parityajya -
parityajya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mokṣā -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mokṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthitvam -
arthitva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tyaja -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]