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 6.6.23

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स्पन्दन्ते चेतितोन्मुक्तास्तृणवन्मूढबुद्धयः ।
अनास्थादितचित्तत्वाज्जडाः सर्वे खवायुभिः ॥ २३ ॥

spandante cetitonmuktāstṛṇavanmūḍhabuddhayaḥ |
anāsthāditacittatvājjaḍāḥ sarve khavāyubhiḥ || 23 ||

Dull headed men that are devoid of intelligence, are as contemptible as the grass on the ground;and they move their limbs like the blades of grass, which are moved by force of the passing wind (and by direction of the Judging mind). Those that are unacquainted with the intelligent soul, resemble the senseless and hollow bamboos, which shake and whistle by breath of the winds alone.
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 (6.6.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cetita, Unmukta, Trinavat, Mudhabuddhi, Sarva, Ayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.6.23). 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: “spandante cetitonmuktāstṛṇavanmūḍhabuddhayaḥ ”
spandante -
√spand (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
cetito -
√cit -> cetita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √cit]

√cit (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√cit (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
unmuktās -
unmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

unmuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tṛṇavan -
tṛṇavat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tṛṇavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mūḍhabuddhayaḥ -
mūḍhabuddhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mūḍhabuddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “anāsthāditacittatvājjaḍāḥ sarve khavāyubhiḥ ”
Cannot analyse anāsthāditacittatvājjaḍāḥ*sa
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

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

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
khavā -
√khu (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental plural]

āyu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

āyu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]