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 6.112.3

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अहंकारमसद्विद्धि मैनमाश्रय मा त्यज ।
असतः शशशृङ्गस्य किल त्यागग्रहौ कुतः ॥ ३ ॥

ahaṃkāramasadviddhi mainamāśraya mā tyaja |
asataḥ śaśaśṛṅgasya kila tyāgagrahau kutaḥ || 3 ||

Know all egoistic personality to total nihility, and never hesitate to remove yourself from this asylum of unreality, whose essence is as nothing at all as the horns of a hare whether you lay hold on it or lose your grasp of it.
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 (6.112.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Asat, Maina, Ashraya, Asmad, Shashashringa, Kila, Tyagagraha, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.112.3). 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: “ahaṃkāramasadviddhi mainamāśraya mā tyaja ”
ahaṅkāram -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

asat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
mainam -
maina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maina (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āśraya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
tyaja -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “asataḥ śaśaśṛṅgasya kila tyāgagrahau kutaḥ ”
asataḥ -
asat (noun, masculine)

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

asat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śaśaśṛṅgasya -
śaśaśṛṅga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śaśaśṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kila -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
tyāgagrahau -
tyāgagraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]