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 5.68.22

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आत्मतत्त्वावबोधेन हीना देहादिवस्तुजा ।
भूयः संसारसक्तिर्या दृढा वन्ध्येति कथ्यते ॥ २२ ॥

ātmatattvāvabodhena hīnā dehādivastujā |
bhūyaḥ saṃsārasaktiryā dṛḍhā vandhyeti kathyate || 22 ||

Any tendency to this world, which springs from the base bodily and mental affections, and does not proceed from or bears its relation with spiritual motives and purposes, are said to be quite fruitless.
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 (5.68.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atmatattva, Avabodha, Hina, Deha, Tuj, Tuja, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Samsara, Sakti, Dridha, Vandhya, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.68.22). 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: “ātmatattvāvabodhena hīnā dehādivastujā ”
ātmatattvā -
ātmatattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avabodhena -
avabodha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
hīnā* -
hīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hīnā (noun, feminine)

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

√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 3 verb]

√hā -> hīnā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √hā class 3 verb]
dehād -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ivas -
√i (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
tujā -
tuj (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

tuj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tuj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tujā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bhūyaḥ saṃsārasaktiryā dṛḍhā vandhyeti kathyate ”
bhūyaḥ -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṃsāra -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saktir -
sakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛḍhā* -
dṛḍha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dṛḍhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vandhye -
vandhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

vandhya (noun, neuter)

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

vandhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]