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 6.31.24

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मलेन स्वर्णमायाति ताम्रतां मलमार्जनात् ।
पुनः कनकतामेति यथा चित्परमा तथा ॥ २४ ॥

malena svarṇamāyāti tāmratāṃ malamārjanāt |
punaḥ kanakatāmeti yathā citparamā tathā || 24 ||

As the pure gold is converted to copper by its alloy, and is again restored to its purity by removal of the base metal; such is the case of the intellect owing to its contracting and distracting of vicious thoughts.
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 (6.31.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mala, Svarna, Ayat, Tamrata, Puna, Kanaka, Tama, Tami, Iti, Yatha, Citpara, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.24). 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: “malena svarṇamāyāti tāmratāṃ malamārjanāt ”
malena -
mala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
svarṇam -
svarṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarṇa (noun, neuter)

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

svarṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āyāti -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tāmratām -
tāmratā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
malam -
mala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mala (noun, neuter)

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

malā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ārjan -
√ṛj (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “punaḥ kanakatāmeti yathā citparamā tathā ”
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kanaka -
kanaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāme -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tāmi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
citparam -
citpara (noun, neuter)

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

citparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]