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 1.20.13

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आपातमात्ररमणं सद्भावरहितान्तरम् ।
वेश्यास्त्रीसंगमप्रख्यं यौवनं मे न रोचते ॥ १३ ॥

āpātamātraramaṇaṃ sadbhāvarahitāntaram |
veśyāstrīsaṃgamaprakhyaṃ yauvanaṃ me na rocate || 13 ||

Youth as a harlot is charming at first sight, but turning heartless soon after. Hence it is not to my liking.
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 (1.20.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apatamatra, Ramana, Sadbhava, Rahita, Tara, Veshi, Veshya, Tri, Sangama, Prakhya, Yauvana, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.13). 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: “āpātamātraramaṇaṃ sadbhāvarahitāntaram ”
āpātamātra -
āpātamātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āpātamātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ramaṇam -
ramaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ramaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

ramaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sadbhāva -
sadbhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rahitān -
rahita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√rah -> rahita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √rah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rah class 10 verb]
taram -
tara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

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

tarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “veśyāstrīsaṃgamaprakhyaṃ yauvanaṃ me na rocate ”
veśyās -
veśi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

veśī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

veśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

veśyā (noun, feminine)

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

√viś -> veśya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √viś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √viś class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √viś], [vocative plural from √viś]

√viś -> veśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √viś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √viś class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √viś class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √viś], [vocative plural from √viś], [accusative plural from √viś]

√viś -> veśya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √viś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √viś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √viś], [vocative plural from √viś]

√viś -> veśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √viś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √viś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √viś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √viś], [vocative plural from √viś], [accusative plural from √viś]
trī -
tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
saṅgama -
saṅgama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakhyam -
prakhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prakhya (noun, neuter)

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

prakhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yauvanam -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rocate -
√ruc (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]