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 5.17.5

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बाह्यार्थव्यसनोच्छूना तृष्णा बद्धेति राघव ।
सर्वार्थव्यसनोन्मुक्ता तृष्णा मुक्तेति कथ्यते ॥ ५ ॥

bāhyārthavyasanocchūnā tṛṣṇā baddheti rāghava |
sarvārthavyasanonmuktā tṛṣṇā mukteti kathyate || 5 ||

The desire of enjoying the external objects, is verily the bondage of the soul; but its indifference to worldly enjoyments, is what constitutes one's freedom in his living state.
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 (5.17.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bahyartha, Vyasana, Ucchuna, Trishna, Baddha, Iti, Raghava, Sarvartha, Unmukta, Mukte, Mukta, Mukti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.5). 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: “bāhyārthavyasanocchūnā tṛṣṇā baddheti rāghava ”
bāhyārtha -
bāhyārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyasano -
vyasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ucchūnā -
ucchūnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tṛṣṇā* -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
baddhe -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

baddha (noun, neuter)

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

baddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “sarvārthavyasanonmuktā tṛṣṇā mukteti kathyate ”
sarvārtha -
sarvārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvārtha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyasano -
vyasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
unmuktā -
unmuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tṛṣṇā* -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mukte -
mukte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

mukta (noun, neuter)

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

muktā (noun, feminine)

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

mukti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb], [locative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative single from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [locative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative single from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb], [locative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative single from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [locative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative single from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb], [locative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [locative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muj class 1 verb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]