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 5.68.41

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संसक्तमनसामस्मिन्संसारे व्यवहारिणाम् ।
अत्ति तृष्णा शरीराणि तृणान्यग्निशिखा यथा ॥ ४१ ॥

saṃsaktamanasāmasminsaṃsāre vyavahāriṇām |
atti tṛṣṇā śarīrāṇi tṛṇānyagniśikhā yathā || 41 ||

The avarice of worldly men eats up their bodies, as the flame of fire feeds upon dry fuel.
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 (5.68.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsaktamanas, Samsaktamanasa, Idam, Samsara, Samsari, Vyavaharin, Trishna, Sharira, Trina, Agnishikha, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.68.41). 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: “saṃsaktamanasāmasminsaṃsāre vyavahāriṇām ”
saṃsaktamanasām -
saṃsaktamanas (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

saṃsaktamanas (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

saṃsaktamanasā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
asmin -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
saṃsāre -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃsāri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

saṃsāri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
vyavahāriṇām -
vyavahārin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vyavahārin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “atti tṛṣṇā śarīrāṇi tṛṇānyagniśikhā yathā ”
atti -
atti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

atti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√ad (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śarīrāṇi -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tṛṇānya -
tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
agniśikhā* -
agniśikha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

agniśikhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]