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 7.24.20

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इन्द्रियाणि निकृन्तन्ति न जाने किं भविष्यति ।
शास्त्रदृष्टिरपि प्राज्ञैर्नाश्रिता तरणाय या ॥ २० ॥

indriyāṇi nikṛntanti na jāne kiṃ bhaviṣyati |
śāstradṛṣṭirapi prājñairnāśritā taraṇāya yā || 20 ||

My senses have been continually tempting me, and I know not what will be the end of these temptations, which prevent even the wise people, from observing precepts of the sastras.
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 (7.24.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Indriya, Indriyani, Krintat, Krintanti, Jana, Jani, Kim, Bhavishyat, Shastradrishti, Api, Prajna, Nri, Ashrita, Tarana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.24.20). 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: “indriyāṇi nikṛntanti na jāne kiṃ bhaviṣyati ”
indriyāṇi -
indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

indriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kṛntanti -
√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]

√kṛt (verb class 7)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāne -
jāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

jāni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

jāni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present middle first single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhaviṣyati -
bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active third single]
Line 2: “śāstradṛṣṭirapi prājñairnāśritā taraṇāya yā ”
śāstradṛṣṭir -
śāstradṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śāstradṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
prājñair -
prājña (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

prājña (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
taraṇāya -
taraṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

taraṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]