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 1.8.16

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असवोऽथ धनं दारास्त्यज्यन्ते मानवैः सुखम् ।
न पुत्रो मुनिशार्दूल स्वभावो ह्येष जन्तुषु ॥ १६ ॥

asavo'tha dhanaṃ dārāstyajyante mānavaiḥ sukham |
na putro muniśārdūla svabhāvo hyeṣa jantuṣu || 16 ||

Men are even prepared under certain circumstances to sacrifice their own lives, riches and wives; but they can never sacrifice their children: this is the nature with all living beings.
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 (1.8.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asu, Asava, Atha, Dhana, Dara, Manava, Sukham, Sukha, Putra, Munishardula, Svabhava, Esha, Jantu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.8.16). 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: “asavo'tha dhanaṃ dārāstyajyante mānavaiḥ sukham ”
asavo' -
asu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhanam -
dhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dārās -
dāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tyajyante -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
mānavaiḥ -
mānava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mānava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “na putro muniśārdūla svabhāvo hyeṣa jantuṣu ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
putro* -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
muniśārdūla -
muniśārdūla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

muniśārdūla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svabhāvo* -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hye -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
jantuṣu -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]