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 7.38.42

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निर्वासना निष्कलना शान्ता पुरुषतास्तु ते ।
शास्त्रेण यन्त्रवाहेन वाह्या दारुमयी यथा ॥ ४२ ॥

nirvāsanā niṣkalanā śāntā puruṣatāstu te |
śāstreṇa yantravāhena vāhyā dārumayī yathā || 42 ||

Let your manliness be above the feelings of desire and affections, and let your thoughts be directed by rules of the sastras, and your action by the motion of a clock or watch, which act their outward movement.
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 (7.38.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirvasana, Nishkala, Nri, Shanta, Purushata, Tad, Yushmad, Shastra, Yantri, Yantra, Avaha, Vahya, Vahi, Darumayi, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.38.42). 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: “nirvāsanā niṣkalanā śāntā puruṣatāstu te ”
nirvāsanā* -
nirvāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirvāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niṣkala -
niṣkala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śāntā -
śāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śam -> śāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb]
puruṣatās -
puruṣatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
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]
Line 2: “śāstreṇa yantravāhena vāhyā dārumayī yathā ”
śāstreṇa -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yantra -
yantṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yantṛ (noun, neuter)

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

yantra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yantr (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
avāhena -
avāha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

avāha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vāhyā* -
vāhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāhyā (noun, feminine)

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

√vāh -> vāhya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vāh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vāh class 1 verb]

√vāh -> vāhyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vāh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vāh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vāh class 1 verb]

√vah -> vāhya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vah], [vocative plural from √vah]

√vah -> vāhyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vah], [vocative plural from √vah], [accusative plural from √vah]

vāhī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dārumayī -
dārumayī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]