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 5.77.14

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बालो बालेषु वृद्धेषु वृद्धो धीरेषु धैर्यवान् ।
युवा यौवनवृत्तेषु दुःखितेष्वनु दुःखितः ॥ १४ ॥

bālo bāleṣu vṛddheṣu vṛddho dhīreṣu dhairyavān |
yuvā yauvanavṛtteṣu duḥkhiteṣvanu duḥkhitaḥ || 14 ||

He deals as a boy with boys, and as a veteran with old people; he is youthful in the society of young men, and is grave in the company of the aged and wise. He is not without sympathy with the woes of others.
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 (5.77.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bala, Vriddha, Dhira, Dhairyavat, Yuva, Yauvana, Vritta, Duhkhita, Anu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.77.14). 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: “bālo bāleṣu vṛddheṣu vṛddho dhīreṣu dhairyavān ”
bālo* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bāleṣu -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vṛddheṣu -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vṛddha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
vṛddho* -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
dhīreṣu -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

dhīra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
dhairyavān -
dhairyavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yuvā yauvanavṛtteṣu duḥkhiteṣvanu duḥkhitaḥ ”
yuvā* -
yū (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yuvā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛtteṣu -
vṛtta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vṛtta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vṛt class 1 verb]
duḥkhiteṣva -
duḥkhita (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

duḥkhita (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
duḥkhitaḥ -
duḥkhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]