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 7.1.18

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रसभावनमन्तस्ते मालं भवतु कर्मसु ।
दारुयन्त्रमयस्येव परार्थमिव कुर्वतः ॥ १८ ॥

rasabhāvanamantaste mālaṃ bhavatu karmasu |
dāruyantramayasyeva parārthamiva kurvataḥ || 18 ||

Take to thy heart no pleasure or pain, in the discharge of the work in which thou art employed; but remain insensible of both like a wooden machine which works for others.
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 (7.1.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rasa, Bhavana, Anta, Tad, Yushmad, Mala, Karman, Daruyantra, Aya, Ayasya, Iva, Parartha, Kurvat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.1.18). 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: “rasabhāvanamantaste mālaṃ bhavatu karmasu ”
rasa -
rasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ras (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhāvanam -
bhāvana (noun, neuter)

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

bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
antas -
anta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
mālam -
māla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māla (noun, neuter)

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

mālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavatu -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active third single]
karmasu -
karman (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “dāruyantramayasyeva parārthamiva kurvataḥ ”
dāruyantram -
dāruyantra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

ayasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

aya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperfect passive first single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
parārtham -
parārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parārtha (noun, neuter)

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

parārthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kurvataḥ -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

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

kurvat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]