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 5.90.6

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तामसैर्वासनाजालैर्व्याप्तं यज्जन्मकारणम् ।
विद्यमानं मनो विद्धि तद्दुःखायैव केवलम् ॥ ६ ॥

tāmasairvāsanājālairvyāptaṃ yajjanmakāraṇam |
vidyamānaṃ mano viddhi tadduḥkhāyaiva kevalam || 6 ||

The mind that is beset by the net of the vain desires of the world, is subject to repeated births, which are the sources of endless woes.
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 (5.90.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tamasa, Vasana, Jala, Vyapta, Vidyamana, Mana, Manas, Tadduhkha, Kevalam, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.90.6). 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: “tāmasairvāsanājālairvyāptaṃ yajjanmakāraṇam ”
tāmasair -
tāmasa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tāmasa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jālair -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vyāptam -
vyāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vyāpta (noun, neuter)

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

vyāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse yajjanmakāraṇam
Line 2: “vidyamānaṃ mano viddhi tadduḥkhāyaiva kevalam ”
vidyamānam -
vidyamāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vidyamāna (noun, neuter)

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

vidyamānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
tadduḥkhāyai -
tadduḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

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

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]