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 5.11.5

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चित्त चञ्चल संसार आत्मनो न सुखाय ते ।
शममेहि शमाच्छान्तं सुखं सारमवाप्यते ॥ ५ ॥

citta cañcala saṃsāra ātmano na sukhāya te |
śamamehi śamācchāntaṃ sukhaṃ sāramavāpyate || 5 ||

O my mind that art roving all about with the revolving world, know that such restlessness of thine, is not agreeable to peace of the soul;therefore rest thou in quiet from thy wanderings abroad.
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 (5.11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citta, Cancala, Samsara, Samsari, Atman, Sukha, Tad, Yushmad, Shama, Shanta, Sukham, Sara, Avapya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.11.5). 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: “citta cañcala saṃsāra ātmano na sukhāya te ”
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
cañcala -
cañcala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cañcala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃsāra*ā -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃsāri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

saṃsāri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ātmano* -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sukhāya -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “śamamehi śamācchāntaṃ sukhaṃ sāramavāpyate ”
śamam -
śama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

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

śamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ehi -
ehi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
śamācch -
śama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
śāntam -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

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

śāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sāram -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

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

sārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛ]
avāpya -
avāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]