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 6.10.19

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अन्तः सुप्ता स्थिता मन्दा यत्र बीज इवाङ्कुरः ।
वासना तत्सुषुप्तत्वं विद्धि जन्मप्रदं पुनः ॥ १९ ॥

antaḥ suptā sthitā mandā yatra bīja ivāṅkuraḥ |
vāsanā tatsuṣuptatvaṃ viddhi janmapradaṃ punaḥ || 19 ||

Know O pure hearted Rama! the seed of desire is as inbred in the breasts of plants, as the flowers are inborn in the seeds and the earthenwares are contained in the clay.
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 (6.10.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anta, Supta, Sthita, Manda, Yatra, Bija, Iva, Ankura, Vasana, Tat, Tad, Sushupta, Tva, Yushmad, Janmaprada, Puna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.10.19). 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: “antaḥ suptā sthitā mandā yatra bīja ivāṅkuraḥ ”
antaḥ -
anta (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]

√svap -> suptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √svap class 2 verb]
sthitā* -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
mandā* -
manda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mandā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bīja* -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṅkuraḥ -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vāsanā tatsuṣuptatvaṃ viddhi janmapradaṃ punaḥ ”
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
suṣupta -
suṣupta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suṣupta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

janmaprada (noun, neuter)

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

janmapradā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]