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 7.46.17

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तदेतद्भोगवैतृष्ण्यं ध्यानमङ्कुरितं हि तत् ।
तदेव पीठबन्धेन बद्धं भवति बन्धुरम् ॥ १७ ॥

tadetadbhogavaitṛṣṇyaṃ dhyānamaṅkuritaṃ hi tat |
tadeva pīṭhabandhena baddhaṃ bhavati bandhuram || 17 ||

It is therefore the distaste to worldly enjoyments, that is the germ of meditation, while it is the taste for such pleasures, which binds a man fast to it.
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 (7.46.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tad, Tat, Bhoga, Vaitrishnya, Dhyana, Ankurita, Iva, Pitha, Bandha, Baddha, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Bandhura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.46.17). 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: “tadetadbhogavaitṛṣṇyaṃ dhyānamaṅkuritaṃ hi tat ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhoga -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaitṛṣṇyam -
vaitṛṣṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dhyānam -
dhyāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhyāna (noun, neuter)

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

dhyānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṅkuritam -
aṅkurita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aṅkurita (noun, neuter)

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

aṅkuritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tadeva pīṭhabandhena baddhaṃ bhavati bandhuram ”
tade -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

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

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pīṭha -
pīṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pīṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bandhena -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
baddham -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

baddha (noun, neuter)

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

baddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
bandhuram -
bandhura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bandhura (noun, neuter)

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

bandhurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]