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 2.18.11

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केवलं समवेक्ष्यन्ते विवेकाध्यासनं धियः ।
न किंचन फलं धत्ते स्वाभ्यासेन विना क्रिया ॥ ११ ॥

kevalaṃ samavekṣyante vivekādhyāsanaṃ dhiyaḥ |
na kiṃcana phalaṃ dhatte svābhyāsena vinā kriyā || 11 ||

Your thoughts require only the guidance of reason (to hit the right), as every action needs be duly performed to make it successful.
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 (2.18.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kevalam, Kevala, Viveka, Adhyasana, Dhi, Kincana, Phala, Svabhyasa, Vina, Kriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.18.11). 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: “kevalaṃ samavekṣyante vivekādhyāsanaṃ dhiyaḥ ”
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

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

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
samave -
samava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
īkṣyante -
√īkṣ (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
vivekā -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
adhyāsanam -
adhyāsana (noun, neuter)

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

adhyāsanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhiyaḥ -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “na kiṃcana phalaṃ dhatte svābhyāsena vinā kriyā ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiñcana -
kiñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kiñcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhatte -
√dhā (verb class 3)

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

[instrumental single]

svābhyāsa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]