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 6.77.2

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इदं पूर्वं परित्यज्य क्रोडीकृत्य मनःखगम् ।
शान्तमात्मनि तिष्ठ त्वं शिखिध्वज इवाचलः ॥ २ ॥

idaṃ pūrvaṃ parityajya kroḍīkṛtya manaḥkhagam |
śāntamātmani tiṣṭha tvaṃ śikhidhvaja ivācalaḥ || 2 ||

Give up your thoughts of this and that (shilly-shallying), and confine the flying bird of your mind within your bosom, and remain in full possession of yourself after the example of the resolute prince Sikhidvaja of old.
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 (6.77.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Purvam, Purva, Parityajya, Mana, Manas, Khaga, Shanta, Atman, Tishtha, Tva, Yushmad, Shikhidhvaja, Iva, Acala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.77.2). 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: “idaṃ pūrvaṃ parityajya kroḍīkṛtya manaḥkhagam ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
parityajya -
parityajya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kroḍīkṛtya -
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
khagam -
khaga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

khaga (noun, neuter)

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

khagā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “śāntamātmani tiṣṭha tvaṃ śikhidhvaja ivācalaḥ ”
śāntam -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

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

śāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tiṣṭha -
tiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tiṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

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

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
śikhidhvaja* -
śikhidhvaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
acalaḥ -
acala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√cal (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]