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 5.81.8

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चित्ताभावे परिक्षीणा बाल्यतृष्णादयो गुणाः ।
आलोकोपरमे चित्रा वर्णाख्या इव संविदः ॥ ८ ॥

cittābhāve parikṣīṇā bālyatṛṣṇādayo guṇāḥ |
ālokoparame citrā varṇākhyā iva saṃvidaḥ || 8 ||

The mind being wanting, there is an end of its youthful desires and other properties also; and my soul being in the light of the supreme spirit, has lost its sight of all other colours and forms presented to the eyes.
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 (5.81.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citta, Abhava, Parikshina, Balya, Bali, Balin, Atrishna, Aya, Ayas, Guna, Aloka, Uparama, Citra, Varna, Varnan, Iva, Samvid, Samvida,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.81.8). 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: “cittābhāve parikṣīṇā bālyatṛṣṇādayo guṇāḥ ”
cittā -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cittā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
abhāve -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
parikṣīṇā* -
parikṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parikṣīṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bālī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

bālī (noun, feminine)

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

bālī (noun, neuter)

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

bāli (noun, masculine)

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

bāli (noun, feminine)

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

bāli (noun, neuter)

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

bālin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

bālin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
atṛṣṇād -
atṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

atṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ayo* -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
guṇāḥ -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

guṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “ālokoparame citrā varṇākhyā iva saṃvidaḥ ”
āloko -
āloka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
uparame -
uparama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
citrā* -
citra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

citrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
varṇā -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

varṇan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

varṇan (noun, neuter)

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

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akhyā* -
√khyā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṃvidaḥ -
saṃvid (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

saṃvida (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]