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 3.85.35

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कस्त्वं कथमिदं जातं जगदेव जगन्ति च ।
यदि जानासि भगवंस्तदेतत्कथयानघ ॥ ३५ ॥

kastvaṃ kathamidaṃ jātaṃ jagadeva jaganti ca |
yadi jānāsi bhagavaṃstadetatkathayānagha || 35 ||

Tell me what thou art and how this world with all its bright orbs came to being; if thou knowest aught of these, then please reveal it to me.
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 (3.85.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Tva, Yushmad, Katham, Katha, Idam, Jata, Jagada, Iva, Jagat, Yadi, Yad, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Tada, Tat, Tad, Kathayana, Gha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.85.35). 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: “kastvaṃ kathamidaṃ jātaṃ jagadeva jaganti ca ”
kas -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single], [accusative single]
jātam -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāta (noun, neuter)

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

jātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
jagade -
jagada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jaganti -
jagat (noun, neuter)

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

√gam (verb class 3)

[present active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “yadi jānāsi bhagavaṃstadetatkathayānagha ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jānāsi -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active second single]
bhagavaṃs -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kathayāna -
kathayāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kathayāna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

gha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]