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 3.71.17

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किं मन्दया मया तादृक्संत्यक्तं तन्महावपुः ।
यथा नाशेन वा भाव्यं तथोदेत्यशुभा मतिः ॥ १७ ॥

kiṃ mandayā mayā tādṛksaṃtyaktaṃ tanmahāvapuḥ |
yathā nāśena vā bhāvyaṃ tathodetyaśubhā matiḥ || 17 ||

What better fate can await on me, after my loss of so big and bulky a body by my foolishness; than to be annihilated into nothing, rather than be a thing which is good for nothing.
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 (3.71.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Manda, Maya, Asmad, Tadrik, Tadrish, Santyakta, Tanman, Hava, Apus, Yatha, Nasha, Var, Bhavya, Bhavi, Tatha, Ashubha, Mati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.71.17). 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: “kiṃ mandayā mayā tādṛksaṃtyaktaṃ tanmahāvapuḥ ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mandayā -
mandā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
tādṛk -
tādṛk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tādṛś (noun, masculine)

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

tādṛś (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

santyakta (noun, neuter)

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

santyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tanma -
tanman (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, masculine)

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

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperative active first dual]
apuḥ -
apus (noun, neuter)

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

√pā (verb class 1)

[aorist active third plural]

√pā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural], [aorist active third plural]

√pā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
Line 2: “yathā nāśena vā bhāvyaṃ tathodetyaśubhā matiḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāśena -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāvya (noun, neuter)

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

bhāvyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √bhū], [accusative single from √bhū]

bhāvī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tatho -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udet -
√ud (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
aśubhā* -
aśubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aśubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]