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 6.55.20

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स कालदेशतो देहाज्जर्जरत्वमुपागतात् ।
वासनावशतो याति प्लक्षपर्णाद्रसो यथा ॥ २० ॥

sa kāladeśato dehājjarjaratvamupāgatāt |
vāsanāvaśato yāti plakṣaparṇādraso yathā || 20 ||

Then as the body is worn out and becomes infirm in course of time, the living soul leaves it like the moisture of a dried leaf, and flies to where it is led by its inborn desire.
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 (6.55.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kaladesha, Vasana, Yat, Yati, Plaksha, Parna, Rasa, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.55.20). 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: “sa kāladeśato dehājjarjaratvamupāgatāt ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kāladeśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
to* -
Cannot analyse dehājjarjaratvamupāgatāt
Line 2: “vāsanāvaśato yāti plakṣaparṇādraso yathā ”
vāsanāva -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
aśato -
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
plakṣa -
plakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√plakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
parṇād -
parṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

parṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
raso* -
rasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]