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 6.62.24

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स बभूव सरोजिन्यां व्यसनी विसनालगः ।
क्वचिदेव रतिं ह्येति चेतो जडमतेरपि ॥ २४ ॥

sa babhūva sarojinyāṃ vyasanī visanālagaḥ |
kvacideva ratiṃ hyeti ceto jaḍamaterapi || 24 ||

He became enamoured of the lotus of the lake, and sat silent upon its thorny stalk on the water; for such is the fondness of fools, even for what is painful to them.
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 (6.62.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarojini, Vyasanin, Vyasani, Visa, Nala, Kva, Acit, Eva, Rati, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Jadamati, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.62.24). 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: “sa babhūva sarojinyāṃ vyasanī visanālagaḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
sarojinyām -
sarojinī (noun, feminine)

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

[compound]

vyasanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vyasanin (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

visa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāla -
nāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gaḥ -
ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kvacideva ratiṃ hyeti ceto jaḍamaterapi ”
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ratim -
rati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
hye -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
ceto* -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jaḍamater -
jaḍamati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jaḍamati (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]