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 3.77.21

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अपश्यतः स्वमात्मानं मृतिर्मूढस्य जीवितम् ।
मरणेनोदयोऽस्यास्ति पापासंपत्तिहेतुतः ॥ २१ ॥

apaśyataḥ svamātmānaṃ mṛtirmūḍhasya jīvitam |
maraṇenodayo'syāsti pāpāsaṃpattihetutaḥ || 21 ||

The life of the untutored is death, without spiritual knowledge, and physical death is preferable; in as much as it saves the dying soul from its accumulation of sin.
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 (3.77.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apashyat, Sva, Atman, Mriti, Mudha, Jivita, Marana, Udaya, Asi, Idam, Asti, Papa, Hetuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.77.21). 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: “apaśyataḥ svamātmānaṃ mṛtirmūḍhasya jīvitam ”
apaśyataḥ -
apaśyat (noun, masculine)

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

apaśyat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
svam -
sva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

svan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mṛtir -
mṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
mūḍhasya -
mūḍha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

mūḍha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √muh class 4 verb]
jīvitam -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

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

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
Line 2: “maraṇenodayo'syāsti pāpāsaṃpattihetutaḥ ”
maraṇeno -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
udayo' -
udaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asyā -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

asi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

asī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
pāpā -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāpā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
hetutaḥ -
hetuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]