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 5.90.9

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दुःखमूलमवष्टब्धमस्मिन्नेव विनिश्चलम् ।
विद्यमानं मनो विद्धि दुःखवृक्षवनाङ्कुरम् ॥ ९ ॥

duḥkhamūlamavaṣṭabdhamasminneva viniścalam |
vidyamānaṃ mano viddhi duḥkhavṛkṣavanāṅkuram || 9 ||

Know the mind to be the root of all the miseries of life, and its desires as the sprouts of the forest of our calamities.
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 (5.90.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duhkha, Mula, Avashtabdha, Idam, Eva, Vinishcala, Vidyamana, Mana, Manas, Vrikshavat, Ankura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.90.9). 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: “duḥkhamūlamavaṣṭabdhamasminneva viniścalam ”
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mūlam -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

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

mūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avaṣṭabdham -
avaṣṭabdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avaṣṭabdha (noun, neuter)

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

avaṣṭabdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
asminn -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viniścalam -
viniścala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viniścala (noun, neuter)

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

viniścalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “vidyamānaṃ mano viddhi duḥkhavṛkṣavanāṅkuram ”
vidyamānam -
vidyamāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vidyamāna (noun, neuter)

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

vidyamānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛkṣavan -
vṛkṣavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṅkuram -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]