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 2.15.19

< Previous

Next >

समतासुन्दरं वक्रं पुरुषस्यावलोकयन् ।
तोषमेति यथा लोको न तथा धनसंचयैः ॥ १९ ॥

samatāsundaraṃ vakraṃ puruṣasyāvalokayan |
toṣameti yathā loko na tathā dhanasaṃcayaiḥ || 19 ||

No one receives so much delight from his accumulation of wealth, as he derives from the sight of the beautiful placid countenance.
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 (2.15.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samata, Samat, Asundara, Vakra, Purusha, Tosha, Yatha, Loka, Tatha, Dhanasancaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.15.19). 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: “samatāsundaraṃ vakraṃ puruṣasyāvalokayan ”
samatā -
samatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √sam class 1 verb]

√sam -> samat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √sam class 1 verb]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
asundaram -
asundara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asundara (noun, neuter)

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

asundarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vakram -
vakra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vakra (noun, neuter)

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

vakrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puruṣasyā -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
āvalokayan -
√avalok (verb class 10)

[imperfect active third plural]
Line 2: “toṣameti yathā loko na tathā dhanasaṃcayaiḥ ”
toṣam -
toṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
loko* -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dhanasañcayaiḥ -
dhanasañcaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]