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 1.21.10

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ललनालानसंलीना मुने मानवदन्तिनः ।
प्रबोधं नाधिगच्छन्ति दृढैरपि शमाङ्कुशैः ॥ १० ॥

lalanālānasaṃlīnā mune mānavadantinaḥ |
prabodhaṃ nādhigacchanti dṛḍhairapi śamāṅkuśaiḥ || 10 ||

Uxorious men are like chained elephants among mankind, that will never come to sense however goaded by the hooks of reason.
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 (1.21.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lalana, Alana, Samlina, Muni, Manavat, Anti, Asmad, Prabodha, Nri, Adhi, Gacchat, Dridha, Api, Shama, Ankusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.21.10). 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: “lalanālānasaṃlīnā mune mānavadantinaḥ ”
lalanā -
lalana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lalana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

lalanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ālāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃlīnā* -
saṃlīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṃlīnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mune -
muni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
mānavad -
mānavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mānavat (noun, neuter)

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

√man -> mānavat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [vocative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [vocative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
Line 2: “prabodhaṃ nādhigacchanti dṛḍhairapi śamāṅkuśaiḥ ”
prabodham -
prabodha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adhi -
adhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

adhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

adhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

adhī (noun, feminine)

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

adhī (noun, neuter)

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

adhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
gacchanti -
gacchat (noun, neuter)

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

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
dṛḍhair -
dṛḍha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dṛḍha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śamā -
śama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅkuśaiḥ -
aṅkuśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

aṅkuśa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]