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 3.70.66

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विना परापकारेण तीक्ष्णा मरणमीहते ।
वेदनाद्रोधिता सूची कर्मपाशे प्रलम्बते ॥ ६६ ॥

vinā parāpakāreṇa tīkṣṇā maraṇamīhate |
vedanādrodhitā sūcī karmapāśe pralambate || 66 ||

The needle hurts no body (but rather does good in clothing mankind, by mending their tattered habits); and yet she is dragged by the thread, which is no other than the thread of her fate.
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 (3.70.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vina, Parapa, Kara, Tikshna, Marana, Vedana, Rodhita, Suci, Sucin, Karmapasha, Pralambata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.70.66). 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: “vinā parāpakāreṇa tīkṣṇā maraṇamīhate ”
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parāpa -
parāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāreṇa -
kāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tīkṣṇā* -
tīkṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
īhate -
√īh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “vedanādrodhitā sūcī karmapāśe pralambate ”
vedanād -
vedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rodhitā -
√rudh -> rodhitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √rudh]

√rudh (verb class 7)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
sūcī -
sūcī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sūcī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sūci (noun, feminine)

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

sūci (noun, masculine)

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

sūcin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karmapāśe -
karmapāśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

karmapāśa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
pralambate -
pralambatā (noun, feminine)

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