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 7.120.10

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राग एव हि शोभायै निर्गुणानां जडात्मनाम् ।
राजेव राजते राजन्रागेणैवैष किंशुकः ॥ १० ॥

rāga eva hi śobhāyai nirguṇānāṃ jaḍātmanām |
rājeva rājate rājanrāgeṇaivaiṣa kiṃśukaḥ || 10 ||

Ignorant and unworthy people, build their pride on outward show, as the kinsuka flower displays the beauty of its colour to view, in absence of its fragrance.
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 (7.120.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raga, Eva, Shobha, Nirguna, Jadatman, Jadatmana, Rajata, Rajat, Rajan, Aisha, Kimshuka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.120.10). 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: “rāga eva hi śobhāyai nirguṇānāṃ jaḍātmanām ”
rāga* -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śobhāyai -
śobhā (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
nirguṇānām -
nirguṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

nirguṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

nirguṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
jaḍātmanām -
jaḍātman (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jaḍātman (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jaḍātmanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “rājeva rājate rājanrāgeṇaivaiṣa kiṃśukaḥ ”
rājeva -
√rāj (verb class 1)

[optative active first dual]
rājate -
rājatā (noun, feminine)

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

rājata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rājata (noun, neuter)

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

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √rāj class 1 verb]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √rāj class 1 verb]

√rāj (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
rāgeṇai -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aivai -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
aiṣa -
aiṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiṃśukaḥ -
kiṃśuka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]