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 6.90.22

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अमितानन्दमुत्सृज्य सुसाध्यं यः प्रवर्तते ।
मिते वस्तुनि दुःसाध्ये स्वात्महा स शठः स्मृतः ॥ २२ ॥

amitānandamutsṛjya susādhyaṃ yaḥ pravartate |
mite vastuni duḥsādhye svātmahā sa śaṭhaḥ smṛtaḥ || 22 ||

He who forsakes the easy task of his devotion to God, which is fraught with infinite bliss; and betakes himself to the difficult duties of painful austerity, is said to make a suicide of his own soul. (The sruti calls them self-suicides.
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 (6.90.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Amita, Anda, Utsrijya, Susadhya, Yah, Pravarta, Tad, Yushmad, Mit, Mita, Miti, Vastu, Duhsadhya, Han, Shatha, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.90.22). 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: “amitānandamutsṛjya susādhyaṃ yaḥ pravartate ”
amitān -
amita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
andam -
anda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anda (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
utsṛjya -
utsṛjya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

utsṛjya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

utsṛjya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
susādhyam -
susādhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

susādhya (noun, neuter)

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

susādhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

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

[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]
Line 2: “mite vastuni duḥsādhye svātmahā sa śaṭhaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
mite -
mit (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

mita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mita (noun, neuter)

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

mitā (noun, feminine)

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

miti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√mā -> mita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √mā class 2 verb], [locative single from √mā class 3 verb], [locative single from √mā class 4 verb]

√mā -> mita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [locative single from √mā class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [locative single from √mā class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √mā class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 4 verb], [locative single from √mā class 4 verb]

√mā -> mitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √mā class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mā class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √mā class 4 verb], [vocative single from √mā class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √mā class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √mā class 4 verb]

√mi -> mita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √mi class 5 verb]

√mi -> mita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [locative single from √mi class 5 verb]

√mi -> mitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative single from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √mi class 5 verb]
vastuni -
vastu (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
duḥsādhye -
duḥsādhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

duḥsādhya (noun, neuter)

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

duḥsādhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
svātma -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
hā -
hā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaṭhaḥ -
śaṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]