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 6.94.3

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जानामि चैतदादातुं मत्स्यं जाल इवाकुलम् ।
त्यागमस्य न जानामि चित्तं द्रव्य इवोत्तम ॥ ३ ॥

jānāmi caitadādātuṃ matsyaṃ jāla ivākulam |
tyāgamasya na jānāmi cittaṃ dravya ivottama || 3 ||

I know how to restrain my mind, as they do the fishes in the net; but know not how to get rid of it, when it is so much engaged with the objects of sense.
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 (6.94.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Etada, Datu, Matsya, Jala, Iva, Akula, Tyaga, Idam, Citta, Dravya, Dravi, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.94.3). 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: “jānāmi caitadādātuṃ matsyaṃ jāla ivākulam ”
jānāmi -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active first single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
etadā -
etad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

etadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dātum -
√dā -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dā]

√dā -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dā]

√dā -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dā]

√dā -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dā]

√dai -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dai]

√de -> dātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √de]

dātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

dātu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
matsyam -
matsya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

matsyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jāla* -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
akulam -
akula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akula (noun, neuter)

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

akulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “tyāgamasya na jānāmi cittaṃ dravya ivottama ”
tyāgam -
tyāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jānāmi -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active first single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
dravya* -
dravya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dravī (noun, masculine)

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

dravī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
uttama -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]