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 2.12.8

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यदि विज्ञानविश्रान्तिर्न भवेद्भव्यचेतसः ।
तदस्यां संसृतौ साधुश्चिन्तामौढ्यं सहेत कः ॥ ८ ॥

yadi vijñānaviśrāntirna bhavedbhavyacetasaḥ |
tadasyāṃ saṃsṛtau sādhuścintāmauḍhyaṃ saheta kaḥ || 8 ||

Had not there been the solace of philosophy for men of good understanding, what rational being could dare to bear the misery brought on in this world by ignorance.
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 (2.12.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Vijnana, Vishranti, Bhavin, Bhavya, Acetas, Tada, Samsriti, Sadhu, Cinta, Maudhya, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.12.8). 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: “yadi vijñānaviśrāntirna bhavedbhavyacetasaḥ ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vijñāna -
vijñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśrāntir -
viśrānti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
bhavya -
bhavin (noun, masculine)

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

bhavin (noun, neuter)

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

bhavya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhavya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
acetasaḥ -
acetas (noun, masculine)

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

acetas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “tadasyāṃ saṃsṛtau sādhuścintāmauḍhyaṃ saheta kaḥ ”
tadasyā -
tada (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
saṃsṛtau -
saṃsṛti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
sādhuś -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
mauḍhyam -
mauḍhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mauḍhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
saheta -
√sah (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]