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 5.16.11

< Previous

Next >

अहंकारमयीं त्यक्त्वा वासनां लीलयैव यः ।
तिष्ठति ध्येयसंत्यागी जीवन्मुक्तः स उच्यते ॥ ११ ॥

ahaṃkāramayīṃ tyaktvā vāsanāṃ līlayaiva yaḥ |
tiṣṭhati dhyeyasaṃtyāgī jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate || 11 ||

He who foregoes with ease the desires arising from his egoism, is styled the thinking abjurer of his desires, and is liberated in his life time.
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 (5.16.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Ayi, Ayin, Vasana, Lila, Yah, Tishthat, Dhyeya, Santyagin, Jivanmukta, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.16.11). 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: “ahaṃkāramayīṃ tyaktvā vāsanāṃ līlayaiva yaḥ ”
ahaṅkāram -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ayī -
ayi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ayin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

ayin (noun, neuter)

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

e (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
vāsanām -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
līlayai -
līlā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tiṣṭhati dhyeyasaṃtyāgī jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate ”
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
dhyeya -
dhyeya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhyeya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santyāgī -
santyāgin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvanmuktaḥ -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]