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 5.52.46

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चिरमज्ञानधूर्तेन पोथितोऽस्मि त्वहंतया ।
वृकेण दृप्तेनाटव्यां लब्धेन पशुपोतकः ॥ ४६ ॥

ciramajñānadhūrtena pothito'smi tvahaṃtayā |
vṛkeṇa dṛptenāṭavyāṃ labdhena paśupotakaḥ || 46 ||

I have been long deceived by my deceitful ignorance, and am misled from the right path;as the young of a beast is carried away by a fierce tiger to the woods.
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 (5.52.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ciram, Cira, Ajnana, Dhurta, Pothita, Tva, Ahanta, Vrika, Dripta, Atavi, Labdha, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.52.46). 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: “ciramajñānadhūrtena pothito'smi tvahaṃtayā ”
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ajñāna -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhūrtena -
dhūrta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dhūrta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pothito' -
pothita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ahantayā -
ahantā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “vṛkeṇa dṛptenāṭavyāṃ labdhena paśupotakaḥ ”
vṛkeṇa -
vṛka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
dṛptenā -
dṛpta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dṛpta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aṭavyām -
aṭavi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

aṭavī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
labdhena -
labdha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √labh class 1 verb]
paśupo -
ta -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]