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 6.13.10

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धारणासनदेशादिसाध्यत्वेन सुसाध्यताम् ।
नायाति योगो ह्यथवा विकल्पो नैव शोभनः ॥ १० ॥

dhāraṇāsanadeśādisādhyatvena susādhyatām |
nāyāti yogo hyathavā vikalpo naiva śobhanaḥ || 10 ||

The practical yoga which stands in need of fixed attention, painful postures, and proper times and places, is impossible to be practiced, owing to the difficulty of getting all these advantages at all times.
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 (6.13.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharana, Asana, Desha, Sadhyatva, Susadhya, Naya, Ati, Yoga, Yogas, Athava, Vikalpa, Naiva, Shobhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.13.10). 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: “dhāraṇāsanadeśādisādhyatvena susādhyatām ”
dhāraṇā -
dhāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asana -
asana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
deśā -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sādhyatvena -
sādhyatva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
susādhya -
susādhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

susādhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “nāyāti yogo hyathavā vikalpo naiva śobhanaḥ ”
nāyā -
nāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yogo* -
yogas (noun, neuter)

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

yoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
athavā -
athavā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vikalpo* -
vikalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śobhanaḥ -
śobhana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]