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 5.2.21

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भोगास्त्यक्तुं न शक्यन्ते तत्त्यागेन विना वयम् ।
प्रभवामो न विपदामहो संकटमागतम् ॥ २१ ॥

bhogāstyaktuṃ na śakyante tattyāgena vinā vayam |
prabhavāmo na vipadāmaho saṃkaṭamāgatam || 21 ||

It is as hard to shun our appetites on the one hand, as it is impossible to avoid our troubles here, without the utter annihilation of our appetency. Here is the difficulty in both ways.
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 (5.2.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhoga, Tat, Tad, Tyaga, Vina, Vaya, Asmad, Prabhava, Vipad, Vipada, Ahu, Sankata, Agata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.2.21). 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: “bhogāstyaktuṃ na śakyante tattyāgena vinā vayam ”
bhogās -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tyaktum -
√tyaj -> tyaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √tyaj]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śakyante -
√śak (verb class 5)

[present passive third plural]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tyāgena -
tyāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vinā* -
vina (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vayam -
vaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative dual]
Line 2: “prabhavāmo na vipadāmaho saṃkaṭamāgatam ”
prabhavām -
prabhavā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vipadām -
vipad (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

vipadā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
aho -
ahu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ahu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
saṅkaṭam -
saṅkaṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṅkaṭa (noun, neuter)

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

saṅkaṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āgatam -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āgata (noun, neuter)

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

āgatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second dual]