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 2.15.18

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नित्यं शीतलया राम कुलङ्कपरिभिन्नया ।
पुरुषः शुद्धया वृत्त्या भाति पूर्णतयेन्दुवत् ॥ १८ ॥

nityaṃ śītalayā rāma kulaṅkaparibhinnayā |
puruṣaḥ śuddhayā vṛttyā bhāti pūrṇatayenduvat || 18 ||

Rama! a man shines by the contentment of his mind and the purity of his conduct, as the cooling and spotless moon when she is full.
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 (2.15.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nityam, Nitya, Shitala, Rama, Lanka, Paribhinna, Purusha, Shuddha, Vritti, Purnata, Duvas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.15.18). 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: “nityaṃ śītalayā rāma kulaṅkaparibhinnayā ”
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śītalayā -
śītalā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
ku -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ku (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
laṅka -
laṅka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
paribhinnayā -
paribhinnā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “puruṣaḥ śuddhayā vṛttyā bhāti pūrṇatayenduvat ”
puruṣaḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuddhayā -
śuddhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √śudh class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √śudh class 4 verb]
vṛttyā* -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
bhāti -
bhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
pūrṇataye -
pūrṇatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
īn -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
duvat -
duvas (noun, masculine)

[compound]

duvas (noun, neuter)

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