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 5.5.14

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पूर्वं राघव शास्त्रेण वैराग्येण परेण च ।
तथा सज्जनसङ्गेन नीयतां पुण्यतां मनः ॥ १४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
pūrvaṃ rāghava śāstreṇa vairāgyeṇa pareṇa ca |
tathā sajjanasaṅgena nīyatāṃ puṇyatāṃ manaḥ || 14 ||

Vasishtha replied:—The best way to guard the mind from delusion, is first of all the knowledge of the sastras, and next the exercise of dispassionateness, and then the society of the good, which lead the mind towards its purity.
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 (5.5.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Purvam, Purva, Raghava, Shastra, Vairagya, Parena, Para, Tatha, Sajjana, Sanga, Punyata, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.5.14). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “pūrvaṃ rāghava śāstreṇa vairāgyeṇa pareṇa ca ”
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāstreṇa -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vairāgyeṇa -
vairāgya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pareṇa -
pareṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

para (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 3: “tathā sajjanasaṅgena nīyatāṃ puṇyatāṃ manaḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sajjana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅgena -
saṅga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
nīyatām -
√nī (verb class 1)

[imperative passive third single]
puṇyatām -
puṇyatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√puṇ (verb class 6)

[imperative passive third single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]