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 6.121.3

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ऊर्ध्वादधस्तथाधस्तात्पुनरूर्ध्वं व्रजंश्चिरम् ।
मा संसारारघट्टस्य चिन्तारज्ज्वां घटीभव ॥ ३ ॥

ūrdhvādadhastathādhastātpunarūrdhvaṃ vrajaṃściram |
mā saṃsārāraghaṭṭasya cintārajjvāṃ ghaṭībhava || 3 ||

Do not therefore allow your desire of earthly enjoyment, to draw your soul up and down to heaven and hell; as a bucket tied in its neck with a cord, is cast down and again lifted up from a well.
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 (6.121.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Urdhva, Adhah, Adhas, Tatha, Adhastat, Punar, Urdhvam, Vrajat, Ciram, Cira, Asmad, Samsara, Araghatta, Cinta, Arajju, Ghati, Ghatin, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.121.3). 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: “ūrdhvādadhastathādhastātpunarūrdhvaṃ vrajaṃściram ”
ūrdhvād -
ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
adhas -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhastāt -
adhastāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhastāt (noun, masculine)

[compound]

adhastāt (noun, feminine)

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

adhastāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ūrdhvam -
ūrdhvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

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

ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vrajaṃś -
√vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mā saṃsārāraghaṭṭasya cintārajjvāṃ ghaṭībhava ”
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
saṃsārā -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
araghaṭṭasya -
araghaṭṭa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
cintā -
cinta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cinta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cintā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cint (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
arajjvām -
arajju (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ghaṭī -
ghaṭī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ghaṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ghaṭin (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]