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 7.207.14

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प्रोक्तः सर्वविरुद्धेन सोऽज्ञः कूपान्धदर्दुरः ।
पूर्वापरधियं त्यक्त्वा वर्तमाने मतिस्थितः ॥ १४ ॥

proktaḥ sarvaviruddhena so'jñaḥ kūpāndhadarduraḥ |
pūrvāparadhiyaṃ tyaktvā vartamāne matisthitaḥ || 14 ||

The fool that maintains this (materialistic) doctrine, in opposition to all rational philosophy, is said to be a frog of the dark cave (or as a blind mole of the hole); because he is blind both to the past which is out of his sight, as also to the invisible future and is concerned only what is present before him.
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 (7.207.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prokta, Saru, Sarva, Aviruddha, Sah, Ajna, Kupa, Dha, Dardura, Purvapara, Dhi, Vartamana, Mati, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.207.14). 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: “proktaḥ sarvaviruddhena so'jñaḥ kūpāndhadarduraḥ ”
proktaḥ -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aviruddhena -
aviruddha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aviruddha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ajñaḥ -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kūpān -
kūpa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

kūpā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dha -
dha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
darduraḥ -
dardura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pūrvāparadhiyaṃ tyaktvā vartamāne matisthitaḥ ”
pūrvāpara -
pūrvāpara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrvāpara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhiyam -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
vartamāne -
vartamāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vartamāna (noun, neuter)

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

vartamānā (noun, feminine)

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

√vṛt -> vartamāna (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vartamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [locative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vartamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb]
mati -
mati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

mati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

matī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

matī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

matī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]