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 6.31.15

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स्वायत्त एव चैषोऽर्थो दुःसाध्यो भावनास्थितः ।
यद्यन्न साध्यते पुंसा तत्कथं क्वेव लभ्यते ॥ १५ ॥

svāyatta eva caiṣo'rtho duḥsādhyo bhāvanāsthitaḥ |
yadyanna sādhyate puṃsā tatkathaṃ kveva labhyate || 15 ||

It is in the power of every body to get rid of his thoughts, but very difficult to get the object of his thought; How then is it possible for one to have, what it is impracticable for him to try for?
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 (6.31.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayatta, Eva, Artha, Duhsadhya, Bhavana, Asthita, Yadi, Yad, Anna, Sadhyata, Sadhyat, Pums, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.15). 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: “svāyatta eva caiṣo'rtho duḥsādhyo bhāvanāsthitaḥ ”
svāyatta* -
svāyatta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiṣo' -
√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
artho* -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
duḥsādhyo* -
duḥsādhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāvanā -
bhāvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asthitaḥ -
asthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yadyanna sādhyate puṃsā tatkathaṃ kveva labhyate ”
yadya -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
anna -
anna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sādhyate -
sādhyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]

√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]

√sādh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√sādh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√sādh (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

√sidh (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
puṃsā -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kve -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ku (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
labhyate -
√labh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]