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 5.6.12

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पेशलाचारमधुरं सर्वे वाञ्छन्ति तं जनाः ।
वेणुं मधुरनिध्वानं वने वनमृगा इव ॥ १२ ॥

peśalācāramadhuraṃ sarve vāñchanti taṃ janāḥ |
veṇuṃ madhuranidhvānaṃ vane vanamṛgā iva || 12 ||

The man of a submissive and sweet disposition, is liked by every body; as the sweet music of reeds in the forest, attracts the ears of wild antelopes.
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 (5.6.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Peshala, Acara, Adhura, Sarva, Vanchat, Vanchanti, Jana, Venu, Madhura, Nidhvana, Vana, Vani, Vanamriga, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.6.12). 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: “peśalācāramadhuraṃ sarve vāñchanti taṃ janāḥ ”
peśalā -
peśala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

peśala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

peśalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acāram -
acāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

acāra (noun, neuter)

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

acārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
adhuram -
adhura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhura (noun, neuter)

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

adhurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vāñchanti -
√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vāñch class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vāñch class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch -> vāñchantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
janāḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

janā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “veṇuṃ madhuranidhvānaṃ vane vanamṛgā iva ”
veṇum -
veṇu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
madhura -
madhura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

madhura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nidhvānam -
nidhvāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vanamṛgā* -
vanamṛga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]