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 5.17.2

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प्राकृतान्येव कर्माणि यया वर्जितवाञ्छया ।
क्रियन्ते तृष्णयेमानि तां जीवन्मुक्ततां विदुः ॥ २ ॥

prākṛtānyeva karmāṇi yayā varjitavāñchayā |
kriyante tṛṣṇayemāni tāṃ jīvanmuktatāṃ viduḥ || 2 ||

The desire of doing one's duties without expectation of their reward, is also called the living liberation, and the doers of their respective duties, are said to be the living liberated.
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 (5.17.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakrita, Eva, Karman, Varjita, Vancha, Trishna, Idam, Jivanmuktata, Vidu, Vidus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.2). 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: “prākṛtānyeva karmāṇi yayā varjitavāñchayā ”
prākṛtānye -
prākṛta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yayā -
yā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
varjita -
varjita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

varjita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāñchayā -
vāñchā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “kriyante tṛṣṇayemāni tāṃ jīvanmuktatāṃ viduḥ ”
kriyante -
√kṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present passive third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[present passive third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present passive third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[present passive third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
tṛṣṇaye -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
imāni -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jīvanmuktatām -
jīvanmuktatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viduḥ -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]