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 5.8.17

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अन्ये ऊचुः ।
उत्थितानुत्थितानेतानिन्द्रियाहीन्पुनः पुनः ।
हन्याद्विवेकदण्डेन वज्रेणेव हरिर्गिरीन् ॥ १७ ॥

anye ūcuḥ |
utthitānutthitānetānindriyāhīnpunaḥ punaḥ |
hanyādvivekadaṇḍena vajreṇeva harirgirīn || 17 ||

Others said:—The sensual appetites, which incessantly rise as snakes from the cavities of the body, are to be killed by the cudgel of reason, as Indra broke the hills by his thunderbolts.
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 (5.8.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anya, Utthita, Eta, Esha, Indriya, Ahi, Puna, Viveka, Danda, Vajra, Iva, Hari, Giri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.8.17). 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: “anye ūcuḥ ”
anye -
anya (noun, neuter)

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

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
ūcuḥ -
√uc (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]

√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “utthitānutthitānetānindriyāhīnpunaḥ punaḥ ”
utthitān -
utthita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
utthitān -
utthita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
etān -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
indriyā -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ahīn -
ahi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “hanyādvivekadaṇḍena vajreṇeva harirgirīn ”
hanyād -
√han (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
daṇḍena -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vajreṇe -
vajra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vajra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
harir -
hari (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

hari (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
girīn -
giri (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]