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 5.36.42

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प्राक्तनीं दीर्घदौरात्म्यदशां स्मृत्वा पुनःपुनः ।
कोहं किं तद्बभूवेति हसन्मुक्ताच्छटासितम् ॥ ४२ ॥

prāktanīṃ dīrghadaurātmyadaśāṃ smṛtvā punaḥpunaḥ |
kohaṃ kiṃ tadbabhūveti hasanmuktācchaṭāsitam || 42 ||

Think over and over on the actions of thy past life, and the long series of thy wicked acts; and then with a sigh blush to think upon what thou hadst been before, and cease to do such acts anymore.
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 (5.36.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praktani, Dirgha, Dauratmya, Dasha, Smritva, Puna, Uha, Kim, Tad, Tat, Iti, Hasat, Mukta, Shata, Asita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.36.42). 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: “prāktanīṃ dīrghadaurātmyadaśāṃ smṛtvā punaḥpunaḥ ”
prāktanīm -
prāktanī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dīrgha -
dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daurātmya -
daurātmya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daśām -
daśā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
smṛtvā -
√smṛ -> smṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √smṛ]

smṛtvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “kohaṃ kiṃ tadbabhūveti hasanmuktācchaṭāsitam ”
ko -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūham -
ūha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ūhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
babhūve -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
hasan -
hasat (noun, masculine)

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

hasat (noun, neuter)

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

√has -> hasat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √has class 1 verb], [vocative single from √has class 1 verb]

√has -> hasat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √has class 1 verb], [vocative single from √has class 1 verb], [accusative single from √has class 1 verb]
muktācch -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

mukta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √muj class 1 verb]
śaṭā -
śaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śaṭ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
asitam -
asita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asita (noun, neuter)

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

asitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]