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 5.68.21

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संसक्तिर्द्विविधा प्रोक्ता वन्द्या वन्ध्या च राघव ।
वन्ध्या सर्वत्र मूढानां वन्द्या तत्त्वविदां निजा ॥ २१ ॥

saṃsaktirdvividhā proktā vandyā vandhyā ca rāghava |
vandhyā sarvatra mūḍhānāṃ vandyā tattvavidāṃ nijā || 21 ||

Worldly affections are of two kinds said:—the praiseworthy and the fruitless ones; those of the wise and learned men, belong to the former kind;but the tendencies of the ignorant, are of the latter or unfruitful kind.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.68.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsakti, Dvividha, Prokta, Vandya, Vandi, Vandhya, Raghava, Sarvatra, Mudha, Tattvavid, Tattvavida, Nija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.68.21). 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: “saṃsaktirdvividhā proktā vandyā vandhyā ca rāghava ”
saṃsaktir -
saṃsakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dvividhā -
dvividhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
proktā* -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

proktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vandyā* -
vandya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vandyā (noun, feminine)

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

√vand -> vandya (participle, masculine)

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

√vand -> vandyā (participle, feminine)

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

vandī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vandhyā -
vandhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “vandhyā sarvatra mūḍhānāṃ vandyā tattvavidāṃ nijā ”
vandhyā -
vandhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sarvatra -
sarvatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mūḍhānām -
mūḍha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mūḍha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

mūḍhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍhā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √muh class 4 verb]
vandyā -
vandyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vand -> vandyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vand class 1 verb]

vandī (noun, masculine)

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

vandī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
tattvavidām -
tattvavid (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

tattvavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

tattvavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
nijā -
nijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.68.21

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 5.68.21 in Gujarati sript:
સંસક્તિર્દ્વિવિધા પ્રોક્તા વન્દ્યા વન્ધ્યા ચ રાઘવ ।
વન્ધ્યા સર્વત્ર મૂઢાનાં વન્દ્યા તત્ત્વવિદાં નિજા ॥ ૨૧ ॥