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 6.100.11

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चित्तं नाशस्वभावं तद्विद्धि नाशात्मकं नृप ।
क्षणनाशो यतः कल्पचित्तशब्देन कथ्यते ॥ ११ ॥

cittaṃ nāśasvabhāvaṃ tadviddhi nāśātmakaṃ nṛpa |
kṣaṇanāśo yataḥ kalpacittaśabdena kathyate || 11 ||

Know O prince, that the destruction of the mind (or mental error), is tantamount to the destruction of the soul; and slight forgetfulness of the spirit, is hard to be retrieved in a whole kalpa.
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 (6.100.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citta, Nasha, Svabhava, Tadvid, Maka, Nripa, Kshanana, Ashas, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Kalpa, Shabda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.100.11). 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: “cittaṃ nāśasvabhāvaṃ tadviddhi nāśātmakaṃ nṛpa ”
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]
nāśa -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
svabhāvam -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tadviddh -
tadvid (noun, masculine)

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

tadvid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāśāt -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
makam -
maka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nṛpa -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “kṣaṇanāśo yataḥ kalpacittaśabdena kathyate ”
kṣaṇanā -
kṣaṇana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aśo* -
aśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yataḥ -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
kalpa -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

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

[instrumental single]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]