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 2.8.7

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किंवा शास्त्रोपदेशेन मूकोऽयं पुरुषः किल ।
संचार्यते तु दैवेन किं कस्येहोपदिश्यते ॥ ७ ॥

kiṃvā śāstropadeśena mūko'yaṃ puruṣaḥ kila |
saṃcāryate tu daivena kiṃ kasyehopadiśyate || 7 ||

What then is the necessity of one's advising another to do a thing when destiny is the director of all? Let then all be silent and say nothing to nobody.
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 (2.8.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Shastri, Shastra, Upadesha, Muka, Aya, Idam, Purusha, Kila, Sancarin, Sancarya, Sancari, Daiva, Kah, Iha, Upadishya, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.8.7). 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: “kiṃvā śāstropadeśena mūko'yaṃ puruṣaḥ kila ”
kiṃ -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śāstro -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śāstṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
upadeśena -
upadeśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
mūko' -
mūka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puruṣaḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kila -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “saṃcāryate tu daivena kiṃ kasyehopadiśyate ”
sañcārya -
sañcārin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

sañcārin (noun, neuter)

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

sañcārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcārī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sañcārī (noun, feminine)

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

sañcārī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ate -
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
daivena -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kasye -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√kas (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]
iho -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
upadiśya -
upadiśya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]