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 7.23.41

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मणिर्मधुरकाषेण यथैति विमलात्मताम् ।
तथा कषायपाकेन चित्तमेति विवेकिताम् ॥ ४१ ॥

maṇirmadhurakāṣeṇa yathaiti vimalātmatām |
tathā kaṣāyapākena cittameti vivekitām || 41 ||

Know that as a precious stone is polished, by gentle abrasion of its rubbish; so the mind comes to its reasoning, by the rubbing off of the dross of its prejudice.
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 (7.23.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mani, Madhuraka, Sha, Yatha, Vimalatman, Tatha, Kasha, Kashaya, Paka, Citta, Vivekita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.23.41). 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: “maṇirmadhurakāṣeṇa yathaiti vimalātmatām ”
maṇir -
maṇi (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
ṣeṇa -
ṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yathai -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
vimalātma -
vimalātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vimalātman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “tathā kaṣāyapākena cittameti vivekitām ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kaṣāya -
kaṣāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṣāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kaṣa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
pākena -
pāka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pāka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
vivekitām -
vivekitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]