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 6.101.48

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त्यक्त्वा समसमाभासो योऽस्यसावेव वै भव ।
सत्त्वं सत्त्वेन नाशेन नाश्यं हि विगतस्पृहः ॥ ४८ ॥

tyaktvā samasamābhāso yo'syasāveva vai bhava |
sattvaṃ sattvena nāśena nāśyaṃ hi vigataspṛhaḥ || 48 ||

Forsake what is unstable, though it may appear as stable to thee;and thou always stable, by leaving the unstable to perish by itself.
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 (6.101.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sama, Yah, Asi, Idam, Asu, Adah, Eva, Bhava, Sattva, Nasha, Nashya, Vigataspriha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.101.48). 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: “tyaktvā samasamābhāso yo'syasāveva vai bhava ”
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
sama -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
samā -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abhāso* -
√bhās (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asya -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asī (noun, feminine)

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

√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
asāve -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “sattvaṃ sattvena nāśena nāśyaṃ hi vigataspṛhaḥ ”
sattvam -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
nāśena -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
nāśyam -
nāśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nāśya (noun, neuter)

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

nāśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb], [nominative single from √naś], [accusative single from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś]

√naś -> nāśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś], [accusative single from √naś]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vigataspṛhaḥ -
vigataspṛha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]