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 7.19.29

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शशाङ्कमण्डलं जीवः श्लेष्मा शुक्रं सितं बलम् ।
मनः संकल्पकोशात्म सारात्मा परमामृतम् ॥ २९ ॥

śaśāṅkamaṇḍalaṃ jīvaḥ śleṣmā śukraṃ sitaṃ balam |
manaḥ saṃkalpakośātma sārātmā paramāmṛtam || 29 ||

The lunar orb is the sheath of his life, and its cooling beams are the humid humours of his body; his mind is the receptacle of his desires, and the pith of his soul is the ambrosia of his immortality.
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 (7.19.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shashanka, Anda, Jiva, Shleshman, Shleshma, Shukra, Sita, Bala, Mana, Manas, Sankalpaka, Atma, Sara, Asmad, Paramamrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.19.29). 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: “śaśāṅkamaṇḍalaṃ jīvaḥ śleṣmā śukraṃ sitaṃ balam ”
śaśāṅkam -
śaśāṅka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aṇḍa -
aṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lam -
la (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jīvaḥ -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śleṣmā -
śleṣman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śleṣmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śukram -
śukra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śukra (noun, neuter)

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

śukrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sitam -
sita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sita (noun, neuter)

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

sitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sā -> sita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā -> sita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sā class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √si class 5 verb], [accusative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √si class 5 verb], [accusative single from √si class 5 verb], [nominative single from √si class 9 verb], [accusative single from √si class 9 verb]
balam -
bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

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

balā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “manaḥ saṃkalpakośātma sārātmā paramāmṛtam ”
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṅkalpako -
saṅkalpaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūśā -
√vaś (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√vaś (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√vaś (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]
atma -
atma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sārāt -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
paramāmṛtam -
paramāmṛta (noun, neuter)

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