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 5.15.22

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तृष्णया वायवो वान्ति शैलास्तिष्ठन्ति तृष्णया ।
तृष्णयैव धरा धात्री त्रैलोक्यं तृष्णया धृतम् ॥ २२ ॥

tṛṣṇayā vāyavo vānti śailāstiṣṭhanti tṛṣṇayā |
tṛṣṇayaiva dharā dhātrī trailokyaṃ tṛṣṇayā dhṛtam || 22 ||

Avarice blows on men as the wind, and it is avarice that makes them sit still as stones; avarice makes some as sedate as the earth, and avarice ransacks the three worlds in its rapid course.
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 (5.15.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trishna, Vayava, Vayu, Vat, Vanti, Shaila, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Dhara, Dhatri, Trailokya, Dhritam, Dhrit, Dhrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.15.22). 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: “tṛṣṇayā vāyavo vānti śailāstiṣṭhanti tṛṣṇayā ”
tṛṣṇayā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
vāyavo* -
vāyava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vāyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vānti -
vānti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, neuter)

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

√vā -> vāntī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]

√vā (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
śailās -
śaila (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śailā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tiṣṭhanti -
tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)

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

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

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

√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tṛṣṇayā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “tṛṣṇayaiva dharā dhātrī trailokyaṃ tṛṣṇayā dhṛtam ”
tṛṣṇayai -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dharā* -
dhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dhātrī -
dhātrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

dhātri (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
trailokyam -
trailokya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

trailokya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tṛṣṇayā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
dhṛtam -
dhṛtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dhṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhṛta (noun, neuter)

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

dhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]