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 4.21.38

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दृष्ट्वा दृश्यैकतानत्वं विद्धि त्वं मोहनं मनः ।
प्रमार्जयेव तन्मिथ्या महामलिनकर्दमम् ॥ ३८ ॥

dṛṣṭvā dṛśyaikatānatvaṃ viddhi tvaṃ mohanaṃ manaḥ |
pramārjayeva tanmithyā mahāmalinakardamam || 38 ||

Know that it is the delusive mind, which stretches the visible world before thee, rub it off therefore as dirty mud from the mind.
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 (4.21.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drishya, Drishi, Ekatana, Tva, Yushmad, Mohana, Mana, Manas, Prama, Tat, Tad, Tan, Mithya, Lina, Kardama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.21.38). 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: “dṛṣṭvā dṛśyaikatānatvaṃ viddhi tvaṃ mohanaṃ manaḥ ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
dṛśyai -
dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dṛś]

dṛśi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[imperative passive first single]
ekatāna -
ekatāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ekatāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
mohanam -
mohana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mohana (noun, neuter)

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

mohanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pramārjayeva tanmithyā mahāmalinakardamam ”
pramā -
pramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arjayeva -
√ṛj (verb class 0)

[optative active first dual]
tan -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

tan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
mithyā* -
mithya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mahāma -
√mah (verb class 1)

[imperative active first plural]
lina -
lina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kardamam -
kardama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kardama (noun, neuter)

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