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 2.16.33

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मनोमोहवने ह्यस्मिन्वेगिनी वासनासरित् ।
शुभाशुभबृहत्कूला नित्यं वहति जन्तुषु ॥ ३३ ॥

manomohavane hyasminveginī vāsanāsarit |
śubhāśubhabṛhatkūlā nityaṃ vahati jantuṣu || 33 ||

The mind is a wilderness of errors, in which the stream of our desires is running with full force, amidst its two banks of good and evil whereon we hold our stand.
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 (2.16.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mana, Manas, Manu, Moha, Vana, Vani, Idam, Vegin, Vegini, Vasana, Sarit, Shubhashubha, Brihat, Nityam, Nitya, Vahat, Vahati, Jantu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.16.33). 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: “manomohavane hyasminveginī vāsanāsarit ”
mano -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
moha -
moha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
asmin -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
veginī -
veginī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vegin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
Line 2: “śubhāśubhabṛhatkūlā nityaṃ vahati jantuṣu ”
śubhāśubha -
śubhāśubha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śubhāśubha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bṛhat -
bṛhat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bṛhat (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bṛhat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bṛh]

bṛhat (noun, neuter)

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

√bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [accusative single from √bṛh]
kūlā -
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vahati -
vahati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vahatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vahat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
jantuṣu -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]