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 5.24.57

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भोगेषु विरतिर्जन्तोः स्वभावालोकनादृते ।
कयाचिदपि नो युक्त्या बुद्धिरात्मावलोकने ॥ ५७ ॥

bhogeṣu viratirjantoḥ svabhāvālokanādṛte |
kayācidapi no yuktyā buddhirātmāvalokane || 57 ||

No one feels a distaste for pleasure, unless he examines its nature and effects in himself; and nothing can teach the way of seeing the soul, unless the soul reflects on itself.
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 (5.24.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhoga, Virati, Jantu, Svabhava, Alokana, Rite, Rita, Riti, Kaya, Acit, Api, Asmad, Yukti, Yuktya, Buddhi, Atman, Atma, Avalokana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.24.57). 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: “bhogeṣu viratirjantoḥ svabhāvālokanādṛte ”
bhogeṣu -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
viratir -
virati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jantoḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
svabhāvā -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ālokanād -
ālokana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ālokana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛte -
ṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

ṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “kayācidapi no yuktyā buddhirātmāvalokane ”
kayā -
kayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

kayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
yuktyā* -
yukti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yuktyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
buddhir -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātmā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
avalokane -
avalokana (noun, neuter)

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

avalokanā (noun, feminine)

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