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 5.53.56

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संकल्पेन मनः पुष्ट्वा शरीरं बालयक्षवत् ।
आयुरेवाशनान्यस्मै स्वदुःखानि प्रयच्छति ॥ ५६ ॥

saṃkalpena manaḥ puṣṭvā śarīraṃ bālayakṣavat |
āyurevāśanānyasmai svaduḥkhāni prayacchati || 56 ||

The mind stout with its avaricious desires loads the body with labour, and feeds upon its precious life, as a ghost-yaksha preys upon the body of a boy.
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 (5.53.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Mana, Manas, Sharira, Bala, Akshavat, Ayu, Ayus, Eva, Ashana, Idam, Svaduhkha, Prayat, Shati, Shatin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.53.56). 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: “saṃkalpena manaḥ puṣṭvā śarīraṃ bālayakṣavat ”
saṅkalpena -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puṣṭvā -
√puṣ -> puṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √puṣ]

√puṣ -> puṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √puṣ]

√puṣ -> puṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √puṣ]

√puṣ -> puṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √puṣ]

√puch -> puṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √puch]
śarīram -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bāla -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
akṣavat -
akṣavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

akṣavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “āyurevāśanānyasmai svaduḥkhāni prayacchati ”
āyur -
āyus (noun, masculine)

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

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

āyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśanānya -
aśana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
asmai -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[dative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[dative single]
svaduḥkhāni -
svaduḥkha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
prayacch -
√pre -> prayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pre class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pre class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pre class 2 verb]
śati -
śatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śatin (noun, neuter)

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