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 3.88.11

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यथाप्राप्तं हि कर्तव्यमसक्तेन सदा सता ।
मुकुरेणाकलङ्केन प्रतिबिम्बक्रिया यथा ॥ ११ ॥

yathāprāptaṃ hi kartavyamasaktena sadā satā |
mukureṇākalaṅkena pratibimbakriyā yathā || 11 ||

Do thy duty as it may present itself to thee, rather than remain inactive with doing nothing. The dull person who like the dirty mirror, does not reflect the image, comes to no use at all.
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 (3.88.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yathaprapta, Kartavya, Asakta, Sada, Sad, Sat, Mukura, Akalanka, Pratibimba, Kriya, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.88.11). 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: “yathāprāptaṃ hi kartavyamasaktena sadā satā ”
yathāprāptam -
yathāprāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yathāprāpta (noun, neuter)

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

yathāprāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kartavyam -
kartavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kartavya (noun, neuter)

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

kartavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
asaktena -
asakta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

asakta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
satā -
sat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “mukureṇākalaṅkena pratibimbakriyā yathā ”
mukureṇā -
mukura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
akalaṅkena -
akalaṅka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

akalaṅka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pratibimba -
pratibimba (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kriyā* -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]