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 5.17.15

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अतीतः सर्वभावेभ्यो वालाग्रादप्यहं तनुः ।
इति द्वितीयो मोक्षाय निश्चयो जायते सताम् ॥ १५ ॥

atītaḥ sarvabhāvebhyo vālāgrādapyahaṃ tanuḥ |
iti dvitīyo mokṣāya niścayo jāyate satām || 15 ||

But they who are certain of their immaterial soul, which is finer than the point of a hair, are another class of men; who are called the wise and are born for their liberation.
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 (5.17.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atita, Sarvabhava, Valagra, Api, Apya, Aha, Asmad, Tanu, Tanus, Iti, Dvitiya, Moksha, Nishcaya, Jayat, Sat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.15). 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: “atītaḥ sarvabhāvebhyo vālāgrādapyahaṃ tanuḥ ”
atītaḥ -
atīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√atī (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
sarvabhāvebhyo* -
sarvabhāva (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
vālāgrād -
vālāgra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vālāgra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
tanuḥ -
tanus (noun, feminine)

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

tanus (noun, neuter)

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

tanu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “iti dvitīyo mokṣāya niścayo jāyate satām ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dvitīyo* -
dvitīya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mokṣāya -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
niścayo* -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
satām -
sat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]