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 2.9.23

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
प्राक्तनं वासनाजालं नियोजयति मां यथा ।
मुने तथैव तिष्ठामि कृपणः किं करोम्यहम् ॥ २३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
prāktanaṃ vāsanājālaṃ niyojayati māṃ yathā |
mune tathaiva tiṣṭhāmi kṛpaṇaḥ kiṃ karomyaham || 23 ||

Rama said:—Being caught in the net of my pre-existent desire, I remain a captive to them and do as they lead me to. Say then, O sage what else I can do.
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 (2.9.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Praktana, Vasana, Jala, Jayat, Asmad, Yatha, Muni, Tatha, Kripana, Kim, Aha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.23). 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: “prāktanaṃ vāsanājālaṃ niyojayati māṃ yathā ”
prāktanam -
prāktana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāktana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jālam -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāla (noun, neuter)

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

jālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
niyo -
nī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
jayati -
jayati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jayat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jayat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√ji -> jayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √ji class 1 verb]

√ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √ji class 1 verb]

√ji (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 3: “mune tathaiva tiṣṭhāmi kṛpaṇaḥ kiṃ karomyaham ”
mune -
muni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tiṣṭhāmi -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active first single]
kṛpaṇaḥ -
kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
karomya -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]