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 3.55.71

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श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
मनुष्यवासनान्तस्थं मार्गमाश्रित्य गच्छति ।
एषोऽहमपरं लोकं दूरं यामीति चिन्मयः ॥ ७१ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
manuṣyavāsanāntasthaṃ mārgamāśritya gacchati |
eṣo'hamaparaṃ lokaṃ dūraṃ yāmīti cinmayaḥ || 71 ||

The goddess said:—Man goes to all places by the way of his desires, and thinks also he goes to the distant future, in the spiritual form of pure intellect.
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 (3.55.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Manushya, Vasana, Tastha, Marga, Ashritya, Gacchat, Esha, Aha, Asmad, Aparam, Apara, Loka, Duram, Dura, Yami, Yamin, Iti, Cinmaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.55.71). 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: “śrīdevyuvāca ”
śrīdevyu -
śrīdevī (noun, masculine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, feminine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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: “manuṣyavāsanāntasthaṃ mārgamāśritya gacchati ”
manuṣya -
manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

manuṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsanān -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tastham -
tastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mārgam -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mārga (noun, neuter)

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

mārgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āśritya -
āśritya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśritya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśritya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
Line 3: “eṣo'hamaparaṃ lokaṃ dūraṃ yāmīti cinmayaḥ ”
eṣo' -
eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
aparam -
aparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
lokam -
loka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dūram -
dūram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dūra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dūra (noun, neuter)

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

dūrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yāmī -
yāmī (noun, feminine)

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

yāmi (noun, feminine)

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

yāmin (noun, masculine)

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

yāmin (noun, neuter)

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

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cinmayaḥ -
cinmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]