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 7.28.23

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संवित्तेर्जन्मबीजस्य योऽन्तस्थो वासनारसः ।
स करोत्यङ्कुरोल्लासं तमसङ्गाग्निना दह ॥ २३ ॥

saṃvitterjanmabījasya yo'ntastho vāsanārasaḥ |
sa karotyaṅkurollāsaṃ tamasaṅgāgninā daha || 23 ||

The prurience that is inherent in one's consciousness, is the embryonic seed of his resuscitation to life; in the manner of the germination of plants: it is therefore meet to render this seed abortive by frying it in the fire of inappetency.
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 (7.28.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samvitti, Janma, Janman, Bija, Yah, Antastha, Vasana, Arasa, Karoti, Ankura, Ullasa, Tama, Sanga, Agni, Daha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.28.23). 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: “saṃvitterjanmabījasya yo'ntastho vāsanārasaḥ ”
saṃvitter -
saṃvitti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
janma -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bījasya -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
antastho* -
antastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāsanā -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arasaḥ -
arasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ras (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “sa karotyaṅkurollāsaṃ tamasaṅgāgninā daha ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karotya -
karoti (noun, masculine)

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

karoti (noun, feminine)

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

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
aṅkuro -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ullāsam -
ullāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅgā -
saṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
agninā -
agni (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
daha -
daha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]