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 5.29.54

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येषु येषु प्रदेशेषु मनो मज्जति बालवत् ।
तेभ्यस्तेभ्यः समाहृत्य तद्धि तत्त्वे नियोजयेत् ॥ ५४ ॥

yeṣu yeṣu pradeśeṣu mano majjati bālavat |
tebhyastebhyaḥ samāhṛtya taddhi tattve niyojayet || 54 ||

Retract your mind from every thing, to which it runs like a boy after vain baubles; and settle it in yourself for your own good.
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 (5.29.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Pradesha, Mana, Manas, Majjat, Bal, Avat, Tad, Samahritya, Tat, Tattva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.29.54). 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: “yeṣu yeṣu pradeśeṣu mano majjati bālavat ”
yeṣu -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yeṣu -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative plural]
pradeśeṣu -
pradeśa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
majjati -
√majj -> majjat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √majj class 6 verb]

√majj -> majjat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √majj class 6 verb]

√majj (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
bāl -
bāl (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
avat -
avat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
Line 2: “tebhyastebhyaḥ samāhṛtya taddhi tattve niyojayet ”
tebhyas -
ta (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
tebhyaḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
samāhṛtya -
samāhṛtya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
taddh -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tattve -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
niyo -
nī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
jayet -
√ji (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]