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 6.94.5

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कुम्भ उवाच ।
वासनैव महाराज स्वरूपं विद्धि चेतसः ।
चित्तशब्दस्तु पर्यायो वासनाया उदाहृतः ॥ ५ ॥

kumbha uvāca |
vāsanaiva mahārāja svarūpaṃ viddhi cetasaḥ |
cittaśabdastu paryāyo vāsanāyā udāhṛtaḥ || 5 ||

Kumbha replied:—Know great prince, cupidity to be the intrinsic nature of the mind; and know the word desire to be used as a synonym for the mind.
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 (6.94.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kumbha, Vasana, Maharaja, Maharajan, Svarupa, Cetas, Cetasa, Citta, Shabda, Paryaya, Udahrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.94.5). 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: “kumbha uvāca ”
kumbha* -
kumbha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “vāsanaiva mahārāja svarūpaṃ viddhi cetasaḥ ”
vāsanai -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
mahārāja -
mahārāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahārājan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahārājan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
svarūpam -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

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

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cetasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “cittaśabdastu paryāyo vāsanāyā udāhṛtaḥ ”
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
śabdas -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
paryāyo* -
paryāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāsanāyā*u -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
ud -
udāhṛtaḥ -
udāhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]