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 6.94.23

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कथं करोमि मूलस्य निःशेषकषणं मुने ।
कुम्भ उवाच ।
वासना विविधाः शाखाः फलस्पन्दादिनान्विताः ॥ २३ ॥

kathaṃ karomi mūlasya niḥśeṣakaṣaṇaṃ mune |
kumbha uvāca |
vāsanā vividhāḥ śākhāḥ phalaspandādinānvitāḥ || 23 ||

Kumbha replied:—All our desires are the several branches of this tree, which are hanging with loads of fruits; and are lopped off by the axe of our reason.
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 (6.94.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Katham, Katha, Mula, Nihshesha, Kashana, Muni, Kumbha, Vasana, Vividha, Shakha, Phala, Spanda, Ina, Vita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.94.23). 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: “kathaṃ karomi mūlasya niḥśeṣakaṣaṇaṃ mune ”
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
karomi -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active first single]
mūlasya -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
niḥśeṣa -
niḥśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niḥśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṣaṇam -
kaṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kaṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kaṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mune -
muni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
Line 2: “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 3: “vāsanā vividhāḥ śākhāḥ phalaspandādinānvitāḥ ”
vāsanā* -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vividhāḥ -
vividha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vividhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śākhāḥ -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śākhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
phala -
phala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√phal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
spandād -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
inān -
ina (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vitāḥ -
vita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]