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 6.90.17

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संकल्पग्रहणेनान्तस्त्यागः प्रोड्डीय ते गतः ।
शब्दसंश्रवणेनाङ्ग यथा ग्रामविहंगमः ॥ १७ ॥

saṃkalpagrahaṇenāntastyāgaḥ proḍḍīya te gataḥ |
śabdasaṃśravaṇenāṅga yathā grāmavihaṃgamaḥ || 17 ||

Resignation flies on its swift pinions, soon as it sees a desire to be entertained in it; as a bird puts on its wings, no sooner it hears a noise below.
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 (6.90.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Grahana, Antastya, Aga, Pra, Uddiya, Tad, Yushmad, Gat, Gata, Shabda, Samshravana, Anga, Yatha, Grama, Vihangama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.90.17). 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: “saṃkalpagrahaṇenāntastyāgaḥ proḍḍīya te gataḥ”
saṅkalpa -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
grahaṇenā -
grahaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

grahaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
antastyā -
antastya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
agaḥ -
aga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pro -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uḍḍīya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śabdasaṃśravaṇenāṅga yathā grāmavihaṃgamaḥ”
śabda -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃśravaṇenā -
saṃśravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
grāma -
grāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vihaṅgamaḥ -
vihaṅgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]