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 3.2.17

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मृत्युरुवाच ।
आकाशजस्य कर्माणि क्व स्थितानि वद प्रभो ।
धर्मराजोऽथ संचिन्त्य सुचिरं प्रोक्तवानिदम् ॥ १७ ॥

mṛtyuruvāca |
ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni vada prabho |
dharmarājo'tha saṃcintya suciraṃ proktavānidam || 17 ||

Death addressed him saying said:—"Tell me my lord, where the acts of the Air-born Brahman are to be found;" to which Yama after a long head-work, replied as follows.
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 (3.2.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrityu, Akashaja, Karman, Kva, Sthita, Vada, Prabhu, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Atha, Sancintya, Sucira, Proktavat, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.2.17). 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: “mṛtyuruvāca ”
mṛtyur -
mṛtyu (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: “ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni vada prabho ”
ākāśajasya -
ākāśaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ākāśaja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sthitāni -
sthita (noun, neuter)

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

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
prabho -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 3: “dharmarājo'tha saṃcintya suciraṃ proktavānidam ”
dharmarājo' -
dharmarāj (noun, masculine)

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

dharmarāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sañcintya -
sañcintya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcintya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suciram -
sucira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sucira (noun, neuter)

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

sucirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
proktavān -
proktavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]