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 5.58.40

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चेतोवासनया पङ्के कीटवत्परिमज्जसि ।
दृश्यमात्रावलम्बिन्या स्वया दीनतया तया ॥ ४० ॥

cetovāsanayā paṅke kīṭavatparimajjasi |
dṛśyamātrāvalambinyā svayā dīnatayā tayā || 40 ||

Little minds are led by their greediness, to dive in to dirty affairs, like insects moving about in the dirt; and their miserliness makes them covet all out-ward things.
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 (5.58.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cetri, Cetas, Cetu, Ceta, Vasana, Panka, Drishya, Atra, Avalambini, Sva, Dinata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.58.40). 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: “cetovāsanayā paṅke kīṭavatparimajjasi ”
ceto -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

cetu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāsanayā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
paṅke -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

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

paṅkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse kīṭavatparimajjasi
Line 2: “dṛśyamātrāvalambinyā svayā dīnatayā tayā ”
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
ātrā -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avalambinyā -
avalambinī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
svayā -
svā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
dīnatayā -
dīnatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]