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 1.28.17

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दिवसास्ते महान्तस्ते संपदस्ताः क्रियाश्च ताः ।
सर्वं स्मृतिपथं यातं यामो वयमपि क्षणात् ॥ १७ ॥

divasāste mahāntaste saṃpadastāḥ kriyāśca tāḥ |
sarvaṃ smṛtipathaṃ yātaṃ yāmo vayamapi kṣaṇāt || 17 ||

The days, the great men, their hey-days and deeds (that are past and gone), are now retained in our memory only, and such must be our cases also in a short time.
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 (1.28.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Divasa, Tad, Yushmad, Mahat, Mahanta, Sampad, Sampada, Tas, Kriya, Sarvam, Sarva, Smritipatha, Yata, Yama, Vaya, Asmad, Api, Kshanat, Kshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.28.17). 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: “divasāste mahāntaste saṃpadastāḥ kriyāśca tāḥ ”
divasās -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
mahāntas -
mahat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mahānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sampadas -
sampad (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sampada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
kriyāś -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “sarvaṃ smṛtipathaṃ yātaṃ yāmo vayamapi kṣaṇāt ”
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
smṛtipatham -
smṛtipatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yātam -
yāt (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

yāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yāta (noun, neuter)

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

yātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, neuter)

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

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
yāmo* -
yāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
vayam -
vaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kṣaṇāt -
kṣaṇāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]