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 5.17.7

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इदमस्तु ममेत्यन्तर्यैषा राघव भावना ।
तां तृष्णां शृङ्खलां विद्धि कलनां च महामते ॥ ७ ॥

idamastu mametyantaryaiṣā rāghava bhāvanā |
tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ śṛṅkhalāṃ viddhi kalanāṃ ca mahāmate || 7 ||

Know, O high-minded Rama! that desire to be the greatest bondage of men, which is in eager expectation of the possession of anything.
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 (5.17.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Astu, Asmad, Mama, Ityanta, Raghava, Bhavana, Trishna, Shrinkhala, Kalana, Mahamata, Mahamati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.7). 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: “idamastu mametyantaryaiṣā rāghava bhāvanā ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
astu -
astu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
mame -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

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

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
ityanta -
ityanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ityanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ryai -
rī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

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

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ śṛṅkhalāṃ viddhi kalanāṃ ca mahāmate ”
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tṛṣṇām -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śṛṅkhalām -
śṛṅkhalā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
kalanām -
kalanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahāmate -
mahāmata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mahāmata (noun, neuter)

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

mahāmatā (noun, feminine)

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

mahāmati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mahāmati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]