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 6.87.24

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वासना चेह नास्त्येव साहंकारादिरूपिणी ।
असत्यैवोदिता मौर्ख्यान्मरुभूमाविवाम्बुधिः ॥ २४ ॥

vāsanā ceha nāstyeva sāhaṃkārādirūpiṇī |
asatyaivoditā maurkhyānmarubhūmāvivāmbudhiḥ || 24 ||

Sikhidvaja said:—But it is said that all human desire is vain, and its accompanying egoism is a fallacy; and that they are the creatures of our ignorance, like our error of a sea in the burning sands of a desert.
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 (6.87.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasana, Nasti, Eva, Sahankara, Adi, Adin, Rupin, Rupini, Asat, Asati, Asatya, Udita, Maurkhya, Marubhumi, Iva, Ambudhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.87.24). 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: “vāsanā ceha nāstyeva sāhaṃkārādirūpiṇī ”
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ceha -
√cah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
nāstye -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāhaṅkārā -
sāhaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sāhaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sāhaṅkārā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ādi (noun, neuter)

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

ādi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ādin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rūpiṇī -
rūpiṇī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “asatyaivoditā maurkhyānmarubhūmāvivāmbudhiḥ ”
asatyai -
asatī (noun, feminine)

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

asatya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

asat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asat (noun, neuter)

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

asatyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivo -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
uditā* -
udita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

uditā (noun, feminine)

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

√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)

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

√vad -> uditā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]
maurkhyān -
maurkhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
marubhūmāvi -
marubhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ambudhiḥ -
ambudhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]