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 5.68.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
कीदृशो भगवन्सङ्गः कथं बन्धाय वा नृणाम् ।
कश्च मोक्षाय कथितः कथं वैष चिकित्स्यते ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
kīdṛśo bhagavansaṅgaḥ kathaṃ bandhāya vā nṛṇām |
kaśca mokṣāya kathitaḥ kathaṃ vaiṣa cikitsyate || 1 ||

Rama said:—Tell me, sir, what are those connexions which become the bondages of men, and how are they to be avoided;as also what is that congeniality that leads to their emancipation here.
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 (5.68.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Kidrish, Kidrisha, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Sanga, Katham, Katha, Bandha, Var, Nri, Kah, Moksha, Kathita, Vaisha, Cikitsyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.68.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “kīdṛśo bhagavansaṅgaḥ kathaṃ bandhāya vā nṛṇām ”
kīdṛśo* -
kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

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

kīdṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
saṅgaḥ -
saṅga (noun, masculine)

[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]
bandhāya -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 3: “kaśca mokṣāya kathitaḥ kathaṃ vaiṣa cikitsyate ”
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mokṣāya -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kathitaḥ -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb]
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]
vaiṣa -
vaiṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaiṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cikitsyate -
√cit -> cikitsyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √cit]

√cit -> cikitsyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √cit]

√cit (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]