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 7.128.22

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
संकल्पपथिकत्वेन यथान्तःपुरवासिनः ।
इदं मनः प्रसरति तथास्य प्रसृतं मनः ॥ २२ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
saṃkalpapathikatvena yathāntaḥpuravāsinaḥ |
idaṃ manaḥ prasarati tathāsya prasṛtaṃ manaḥ || 22 ||

Vasishtha replied:—As desire drives the home-keeping man from his house, and as imagination leads the mind to many places and objects, so the mind of this prince was led from place to place.
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 (7.128.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Sankalpa, Pathika, Tva, Yatha, Antahpura, Vasin, Idam, Mana, Manas, Rati, Tatha, Prasrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.128.22). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “saṃkalpapathikatvena yathāntaḥpuravāsinaḥ ”
saṅkalpa -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pathika -
pathika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pathika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvena -
tva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
antaḥpura -
antaḥpura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsinaḥ -
vāsin (noun, masculine)

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

vāsin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “idaṃ manaḥ prasarati tathāsya prasṛtaṃ manaḥ ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasa -
√pras (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
rati -
rati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ratī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
prasṛtam -
prasṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prasṛta (noun, neuter)

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

prasṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]