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 5.21.22

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आशाख्याश्चित्तवृक्षस्य शाखाः स्थगितदिक्तटाः ।
तासु च्छिन्नास्वरूपत्वं याति चित्तमहाद्रुमः ॥ २२ ॥

āśākhyāścittavṛkṣasya śākhāḥ sthagitadiktaṭāḥ |
tāsu cchinnāsvarūpatvaṃ yāti cittamahādrumaḥ || 22 ||

The arbour of desire stretches its branches, far and wide on every side, and darkens the space of the mind with their gloomy shadow.
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 (5.21.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asha, Citta, Vriksha, Shakha, Sthagita, Diktata, Yat, Yati, Aha, Ruma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.21.22). 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: “āśākhyāścittavṛkṣasya śākhāḥ sthagitadiktaṭāḥ ”
āśā -
āśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akhyāś -
√khyā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
vṛkṣasya -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
śākhāḥ -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śākhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sthagita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthag -> sthagita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sthag class 1 verb]

√sthag -> sthagita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sthag class 1 verb]
diktaṭāḥ -
diktaṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “tāsu cchinnāsvarūpatvaṃ yāti cittamahādrumaḥ ”
tāsu -
tā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
Cannot analyse cchinnāsvarūpatvam*yā
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
ahād -
aha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single], [aorist active third single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[aorist active third single]
rumaḥ -
ruma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ru (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]