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 5.54.9

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यावदित्थमवस्थैषा प्रणवप्रथमक्रमे ।
बभूव न हठादेव हठयोगो हि दुःखदः ॥ ९ ॥

yāvaditthamavasthaiṣā praṇavaprathamakrame |
babhūva na haṭhādeva haṭhayogo hi duḥkhadaḥ || 9 ||

As he was in this state at the first step of his practice of Yoga, by the pranava or utterance of this syllable Om; he did not attend to the hatha Yoga at all, on account of its arduousness at first.
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 (5.54.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavadittham, Avastha, Pranava, Prathama, Krama, Hatha, Eva, Hathayoga, Duhkha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.54.9). 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: “yāvaditthamavasthaiṣā praṇavaprathamakrame ”
yāvadittham -
yāvadittham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
avasthai -
avastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiṣā -
praṇava -
praṇava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prathama -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
krame -
krama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√kram (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
Line 2: “babhūva na haṭhādeva haṭhayogo hi duḥkhadaḥ ”
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haṭhād -
haṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haṭhayogo* -
haṭhayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]