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 5.53.58

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नास्ति शत्रुः प्रकृत्यैव न च मित्रं कदाचन ।
सुखदं मित्रमित्युक्तं दुःखदाः शत्रवः स्मृताः ॥ ५८ ॥

nāsti śatruḥ prakṛtyaiva na ca mitraṃ kadācana |
sukhadaṃ mitramityuktaṃ duḥkhadāḥ śatravaḥ smṛtāḥ || 58 ||

There is no one who of his nature is a foe or friend to another;but becomes a friend to one that is friendly to him, and a foe to him that deals inimically unto him.
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 (5.53.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasti, Shatru, Prakritya, Prakriti, Prakrit, Mitra, Kada, Cana, Sukhada, Ityukta, Duhkha, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.53.58). 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: “nāsti śatruḥ prakṛtyaiva na ca mitraṃ kadācana ”
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śatruḥ -
śatru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prakṛtyai -
prakṛtyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]

prakṛt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prakṛt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

prakṛt (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mitram -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

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

mitrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “sukhadaṃ mitramityuktaṃ duḥkhadāḥ śatravaḥ smṛtāḥ ”
sukhadam -
sukhada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukhada (noun, neuter)

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

sukhadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mitram -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

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

mitrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ityuktam -
ityukta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāḥ -
da (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

dā (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śatravaḥ -
śatru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
smṛtāḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

smṛto (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]