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 5.14.11

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प्राणानां स्पन्दनी शक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिः परात्मनः ।
इन्द्रियाणां निजा शक्तिरेकः कोऽत्र निबध्यते ॥ ११ ॥

prāṇānāṃ spandanī śaktirjñānaśaktiḥ parātmanaḥ |
indriyāṇāṃ nijā śaktirekaḥ ko'tra nibadhyate || 11 ||

The vital breath gives the force for bodily actions, and the soul produces the power of knowledge;the organs act by their own force, and the supreme spirit is the main source of all.
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 (5.14.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prana, Spanda, Shakti, Jnanashakti, Paratman, Indriya, Nija, Eka, Kah, Atra, Nibadhya, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.14.11). 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: “prāṇānāṃ spandanī śaktirjñānaśaktiḥ parātmanaḥ ”
prāṇānām -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prāṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
spanda -
spanda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ni (noun, masculine)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śaktir -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jñānaśaktiḥ -
jñānaśakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parātmanaḥ -
parātman (noun, masculine)

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

parātman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “indriyāṇāṃ nijā śaktirekaḥ ko'tra nibadhyate ”
indriyāṇām -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nijā -
nijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaktir -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ekaḥ -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nibadhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]