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 6.94.29

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कुम्भ उवाच ।
राजन्स्वात्मविचारोऽयं कोऽहं स्यामिति रूपधृक् ।
चित्तदुर्द्रुमबीजस्य दहने दहनः स्मृतः ॥ २९ ॥

kumbha uvāca |
rājansvātmavicāro'yaṃ ko'haṃ syāmiti rūpadhṛk |
cittadurdrumabījasya dahane dahanaḥ smṛtaḥ || 29 ||

Kumbha replied:—Prince, the fire which is able to consume the seed of the noxious plant of the mind, is the expostulation of the question, “what am I that bear this corporeal form upon me.”
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 (6.94.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kumbha, Rajan, Rajat, Vicaru, Vicara, Aya, Idam, Kah, Aha, Asmad, Iti, Rupadhrik, Citta, Durdruma, Bija, Dahana, 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 6.94.29). 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: “rājansvātmavicāro'yaṃ ko'haṃ syāmiti rūpadhṛk ”
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
svātma -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vicāro' -
vicāru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vicāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
syām -
si (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
rūpadhṛk -
rūpadhṛk (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

rūpadhṛk (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “cittadurdrumabījasya dahane dahanaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bījasya -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
dahane -
dahana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dahana (noun, neuter)

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

dahanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dahanaḥ -
dahana (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]