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 1.29.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
इति मे दोषदावाग्निदग्धे महति चेतसि ।
प्रस्फुरन्ति न भोगाशा मृगतृष्णाः सरःस्विव ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
iti me doṣadāvāgnidagdhe mahati cetasi |
prasphuranti na bhogāśā mṛgatṛṣṇāḥ saraḥsviva || 1 ||

Thus is my heart consumed by the wild-fire of those great worldly evils, and there rises in me no desire of enjoying them, as there rises no mirage from a lake.
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 (1.29.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Iti, Asmad, Dosha, Dagdha, Mahat, Mahati, Cetas, Prasphurat, Bhoga, Ashas, Mrigatrishna, Saras, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.29.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “iti me doṣadāvāgnidagdhe mahati cetasi ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
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]
doṣa -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

doṣan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
dāvāgni -
dāvāgni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
dagdhe -
dagdha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dagdha (noun, neuter)

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

dagdhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mahati -
mahatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
cetasi -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√cit (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
Line 3: “prasphuranti na bhogāśā mṛgatṛṣṇāḥ saraḥsviva ”
prasphuranti -
prasphurat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhogā -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśā* -
aśas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√śā (verb class 4)

[aorist active second single]

√śās (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
mṛgatṛṣṇāḥ -
mṛgatṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
saraḥsvi -
saras (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]