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 6.20.20

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स्वभावमात्रसंतुष्टाः कष्टैर्मुक्ता विचेष्टितैः ।
क्षिपामः केवलं कालमस्मिन्ब्रह्मन्निजालये ॥ २० ॥

svabhāvamātrasaṃtuṣṭāḥ kaṣṭairmuktā viceṣṭitaiḥ |
kṣipāmaḥ kevalaṃ kālamasminbrahmannijālaye || 20 ||

We are quite content with what simple nature requires and affords, and are entirely free from those cares and endeavours which are attended with pain. We live only to pass our time in this our own and lonely lodging.
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 (6.20.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svabhava, Atra, Santushta, Kashta, Mukta, Viceshtita, Kevalam, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.20.20). 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: “svabhāvamātrasaṃtuṣṭāḥ kaṣṭairmuktā viceṣṭitaiḥ ”
svabhāvam -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ātra -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santuṣṭāḥ -
santuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

santuṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kaṣṭair -
kaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √kaś class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √kaś class 1 verb]
muktā* -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

muktā (noun, feminine)

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

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

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

√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

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

√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muj class 1 verb]
viceṣṭitaiḥ -
viceṣṭita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

viceṣṭita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “kṣipāmaḥ kevalaṃ kālamasminbrahmannijālaye ”
kṣipāmaḥ -
√kṣip (verb class 6)

[present active first plural]
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

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

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse kālamasminbrahmannijālaye