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 7.97.22

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सर्व एवानिशं श्रेयो धावन्ति प्राणिनो बलात् ।
परिनिम्नं पयांसीव तद्विचार्य समाश्रयेत् ॥ २२ ॥

sarva evāniśaṃ śreyo dhāvanti prāṇino balāt |
parinimnaṃ payāṃsīva tadvicārya samāśrayet || 22 ||

All living beings, are naturally impelled towards whatever tends to their real good; as it is the nature of water to seek its own level. Therefore men should choose the company of the good for their best good.
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 (7.97.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Eva, Sha, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Dhavanti, Dhavat, Pranin, Pranina, Balat, Bala, Parinimna, Payas, Iva, Tad, Tat, Vicarya, Sama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.97.22). 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: “sarva evāniśaṃ śreyo dhāvanti prāṇino balāt ”
sarva* -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evāni -
eva (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

śa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śreyo* -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
dhāvanti -
dhāvantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

dhāvat (noun, neuter)

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

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
prāṇino* -
prāṇin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

prāṇin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

prāṇina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
balāt -
balāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “parinimnaṃ payāṃsīva tadvicārya samāśrayet ”
parinimnam -
parinimna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parinimna (noun, neuter)

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

parinimnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
payāṃsī -
payas (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vicārya (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śrayet -
√śri (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]