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 5.20.3

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बन्धुत्वे भावितो बन्धुः परत्वे भावितः परः ।
विषामृतदशेवेह स्थितिर्भावनिबन्धनी ॥ ३ ॥

bandhutve bhāvito bandhuḥ paratve bhāvitaḥ paraḥ |
viṣāmṛtadaśeveha sthitirbhāvanibandhanī || 3 ||

The thought of one as a friend, makes him a friend, and thinking one as an enemy makes him an enemy; the knowledge of a thing as honey and of another as poison, is owing to our opinion of it.
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 (5.20.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bandhutva, Bhavita, Bandhu, Paratva, Parah, Para, Vishamrita, Iha, Sthiti, Bhavani, Bandhani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.20.3). 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: “bandhutve bhāvito bandhuḥ paratve bhāvitaḥ paraḥ ”
bandhutve -
bandhutva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhāvito* -
bhāvita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhū -> bhāvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √bhū]
bandhuḥ -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paratve -
paratva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhāvitaḥ -
bhāvita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhū -> bhāvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √bhū]
paraḥ -
paraḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viṣāmṛtadaśeveha sthitirbhāvanibandhanī ”
viṣāmṛta -
viṣāmṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daśeve -
√daṃś (verb class 1)

[optative active first dual]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sthitir -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhāvani -
bhāvanī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
bandhanī -
bandhanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]