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 7.4.21

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लोभो लज्जा मदो मोहो येनादाविति नो जिताः ।
निरर्थकमनर्थेऽस्मिन्स किमर्थं प्रवर्तते ॥ २१ ॥

lobho lajjā mado moho yenādāviti no jitāḥ |
nirarthakamanarthe'sminsa kimarthaṃ pravartate || 21 ||

The man who has not overcome his egotism, and its concomitants of covetousness, pride and delusion, doth in vain attend to these lectures which are useless to him.
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 (7.4.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lobha, Lajja, Mada, Moha, Yena, Yah, Yat, Ada, Iti, Asmad, Jita, Nirarthaka, Anartha, Idam, Kimartha, Pravarta, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.4.21). 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: “lobho lajjā mado moho yenādāviti no jitāḥ ”
lobho* -
lobha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lajjā* -
lajja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

lajjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mado* -
mada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
moho* -
moha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yenā -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
adāvi -
ada (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
jitāḥ -
jita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√ji -> jita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 9 verb]

√ji -> jitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √ji class 9 verb]
Line 2: “nirarthakamanarthe'sminsa kimarthaṃ pravartate ”
nirarthakam -
nirarthaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirarthaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
anarthe' -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

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

anarthā (noun, feminine)

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

√arth (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
asmin -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kimartham -
kimartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kimartha (noun, neuter)

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

kimarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pravarta -
pravarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative 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]