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 5.50.7

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तस्मिन्द्रुतमवष्टब्धे धिया पुरुषयत्नतः ।
गृहीतनाभिवहनान्मायाचक्रं निरुध्यते ॥ ७ ॥

tasmindrutamavaṣṭabdhe dhiyā puruṣayatnataḥ |
gṛhītanābhivahanānmāyācakraṃ nirudhyate || 7 ||

If you can by means of your manly exertion, put a stop to the motion of your heart, as it were by fixing a peg to the loop-hole of the wheel, you stop the rotation of the circle of delusion at once.
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 (5.50.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Drutam, Druta, Avashtabdha, Dhi, Purusha, Yatnatah, Yatnata, Grihita, Nabh, Nabhi, Vahana, Maya, Acakra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.50.7). 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: “tasmindrutamavaṣṭabdhe dhiyā puruṣayatnataḥ ”
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
drutam -
drutam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

druta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

druta (noun, neuter)

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

drutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avaṣṭabdhe -
avaṣṭabdha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

avaṣṭabdha (noun, neuter)

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

avaṣṭabdhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dhiyā -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
puruṣa -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnataḥ -
yatnataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatnata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “gṛhītanābhivahanānmāyācakraṃ nirudhyate ”
gṛhīta -
gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gṛhīta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]
nābhi -
nābhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

nābhī (noun, feminine)

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

nābhī (noun, neuter)

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

nābh (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vahanān -
vahana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]

vahana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
māyā -
māya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

māya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mā -> māya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √mā]

√mā -> māya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √mā]

√mā -> māya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √mā]

√man -> māya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

√man -> māya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

ma (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

māyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
acakram -
acakra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

acakra (noun, neuter)

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

acakrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
rudhyate -
√rudh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√rudh (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]