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 6.29.48

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अहंकारपिशाचेन ग्रस्ता ये निरयैषिणः ।
तेषां मोहमदान्धानां न मित्राणि न बान्धवाः ॥ ४८ ॥

ahaṃkārapiśācena grastā ye nirayaiṣiṇaḥ |
teṣāṃ mohamadāndhānāṃ na mitrāṇi na bāndhavāḥ || 48 ||

Those hellish people that are seized and possessed by the devils of Egotism, are blinded in their self-delusion and giddiness; and are unbefriended by their fellows and friends, as they are unfriendly to others in this world.
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 (6.29.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Pishaca, Grasta, Yah, Yat, Niraya, Eshin, Tad, Mohama, Dha, Dhana, Mitra, Bandhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.29.48). 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: “ahaṃkārapiśācena grastā ye nirayaiṣiṇaḥ ”
ahaṅkāra -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
piśācena -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
grastā* -
grasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

grastā (noun, feminine)

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

√gras -> grasta (participle, masculine)

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

√gras -> grastā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √gras class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √gras class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √gras class 1 verb]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
nirayai -
niraya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
eṣiṇaḥ -
eṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

eṣin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “teṣāṃ mohamadāndhānāṃ na mitrāṇi na bāndhavāḥ ”
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
mohama -
mohama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dān -
da (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhānām -
dha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

dhānā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mitrāṇi -
mitra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāndhavāḥ -
bāndhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]