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 5.51.7

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
श्रृणु राम यथापूर्वं भूतवृन्दविचारणात् ।
उद्दालकेन संप्राप्ता परमा दृष्टिरक्षता ॥ ७ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
śrṛṇu rāma yathāpūrvaṃ bhūtavṛndavicāraṇāt |
uddālakena saṃprāptā paramā dṛṣṭirakṣatā || 7 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Learn Rama, how the sage Uddalaka of old, rose higher from his investigation of quintuple matter to his inquiry into their cause, and the manner in which that transcendent light dawned upon his mind.
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 (5.51.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Rama, Yathapurva, Bhuta, Vrinda, Vicarana, Uddalaka, Samprapta, Parama, Drishti, Akshata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.51.7). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “śrṛṇu rāma yathāpūrvaṃ bhūtavṛndavicāraṇāt ”
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*rā
rāma -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
yathāpūrvam -
yathāpūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yathāpūrva (noun, neuter)

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

yathāpūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhūta -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active second plural]
vṛnda -
vṛnda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛnda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vicāraṇāt -
vicāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 3: “uddālakena saṃprāptā paramā dṛṣṭirakṣatā ”
uddālakena -
uddālaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

uddālaka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
samprāptā -
samprāptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paramā* -
parama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛṣṭir -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]