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 6.100.21

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नास्ति चित्तमिति ज्ञानात्तत्समूलं विनश्यति ।
यथा रज्ज्वां भुजङ्गत्वमज्ञानभ्रमसंभवम् ॥ २१ ॥

nāsti cittamiti jñānāttatsamūlaṃ vinaśyati |
yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgatvamajñānabhramasaṃbhavam || 21 ||

The knowledge of the want of a mind, serves to root out its prejudice at once; as the knowledge of the rope as no snake, removes the fear of the reptile in the rope.
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 (6.100.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasti, Citta, Iti, Jnana, Tat, Tad, Samulam, Samula, Vina, Shyat, Yatha, Rajju, Bhujanga, Tva, Yushmad, Ajnana, Bhrama, Sambhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.100.21). 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: “nāsti cittamiti jñānāttatsamūlaṃ vinaśyati ”
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
jñānāt -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
samūlam -
samūlam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samūla (noun, neuter)

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

samūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vina -
vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śyati -
√śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgatvamajñānabhramasaṃbhavam ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rajjvām -
rajju (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
bhujaṅga -
bhujaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhujaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
ajñāna -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhram (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sambhavam -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

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

sambhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]