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 7.26.5

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अहो बतातिविषमा वासना यद्वशाज्जनैः ।
अविद्यमानैरेवायं भ्रमोऽन्तरनुभूयते ॥ ५ ॥

aho batātiviṣamā vāsanā yadvaśājjanaiḥ |
avidyamānairevāyaṃ bhramo'ntaranubhūyate || 5 ||

Alas for those strange and abnormal desires, which subject the minds of men, to the triple error of taking the non-existent to be actually present before them. (The triple error.
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 (7.26.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Bata, Ativisha, Avidyamana, Eva, Aya, Idam, Bhrama, Antara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.26.5). 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: “aho batātiviṣamā vāsanā yadvaśājjanaiḥ ”
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

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

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
batā -
bata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ativiṣam -
ativiṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ativiṣa (noun, neuter)

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

ativiṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ā* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vāsanā* -
Cannot analyse yadvaśājjanaiḥ
Line 2: “avidyamānairevāyaṃ bhramo'ntaranubhūyate ”
avidyamānair -
avidyamāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

avidyamāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhramo' -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
antara -
antara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

antara (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

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

[present passive third single]