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 2.14.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
शास्त्रावबोधामलया धिया परमपूतया ।
कर्तव्यः कारणज्ञेन विचारोऽनिशमात्मनः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
śāstrāvabodhāmalayā dhiyā paramapūtayā |
kartavyaḥ kāraṇajñena vicāro'niśamātmanaḥ || 1 ||

It must be the duty of one, whose understanding is cleared and purified by a knowledge of the Sastras, to argue incessantly with a guide knowing how to reason aright.
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 (2.14.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Shastri, Shastra, Avabodha, Amala, Dhi, Parama, Puta, Kartavya, Karana, Jna, Vicaru, Vicara, Anisham, Anisha, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.14.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “śāstrāvabodhāmalayā dhiyā paramapūtayā ”
śāstrā -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śāstṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
avabodhā -
avabodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
amalayā -
amalā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
dhiyā -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
parama -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūtayā -
pūtā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√pū -> pūtā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √pū class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √pū class 9 verb]

√pūy -> pūtā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √pūy class 1 verb]
Line 3: “kartavyaḥ kāraṇajñena vicāro'niśamātmanaḥ ”
kartavyaḥ -
kartavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
kāraṇa -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jñena -
jña (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jña (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vicāro' -
vicāru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vicāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aniśam -
aniśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

aniśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aniśa (noun, neuter)

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

aniśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

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