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 2.17.35

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अन्यसंकल्पचित्तस्था नगरश्रीरिवासती ।
अलभ्यवस्तुपार्श्वस्थस्वप्नयुद्धचिरारवा ॥ ३५ ॥

anyasaṃkalpacittasthā nagaraśrīrivāsatī |
alabhyavastupārśvasthasvapnayuddhacirāravā || 35 ||

Aiming at the object of another person is as vain as looking at the beauty of an imaginary city, and sitting in expectation of an unattainable object. It is as a noisy fighting for something in sleep.
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 (2.17.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ani, Anya, Asankalpa, Cittastha, Nagara, Shri, Iva, Asat, Asati, Alabhya, Vastu, Parshvastha, Svapna, Yuddha, Cira, Arava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.17.35). 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: “anyasaṃkalpacittasthā nagaraśrīrivāsatī ”
anya -
ani (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

anī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
asaṅkalpa -
asaṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asaṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cittasthā* -
cittastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cittasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nagara -
nagara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nagara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śrīr -
śrī (noun, feminine)

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

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asatī -
asatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

asat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “alabhyavastupārśvasthasvapnayuddhacirāravā ”
alabhya -
alabhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alabhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vastu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vastu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pārśvastha -
pārśvastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pārśvastha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svapna -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yuddha -
yuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
cirā -
cira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cirā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]