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 1.18.4

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स्तोकेनानन्दमायाति स्तोकेनायाति खेदिताम् ।
नास्ति देहसमः शोच्यो नीचो गुणबहिष्कृतः ॥ ४ ॥

stokenānandamāyāti stokenāyāti kheditām |
nāsti dehasamaḥ śocyo nīco guṇabahiṣkṛtaḥ || 4 ||

The body is as easily gratified with a little, as it is exhausted in an instant, hence there is nothing so pitiable, abject and worthless as our bodies.
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 (1.18.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stoka, Ananda, Ayat, Ayati, Khedita, Nasti, Deha, Sama, Shocya, Nica, Guna, Bahishkrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.4). 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: “stokenānandamāyāti stokenāyāti kheditām ”
stokenā -
stoka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

stoka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anandam -
ananda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ananda (noun, neuter)

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

anandā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√nand (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
āyāti -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
stokenā -
stoka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

stoka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ayāti -
ayāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ayāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ayāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kheditām -
kheditā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√khid -> kheditā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √khid]
Line 2: “nāsti dehasamaḥ śocyo nīco guṇabahiṣkṛtaḥ ”
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
deha -
deha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
samaḥ -
sama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śocyo* -
śocya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śuc class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc]
nīco* -
nīca (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bahiṣkṛtaḥ -
bahiṣkṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]