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 6.9.5

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तिष्ठत्येतास्ववस्थासु भेदतः कल्प्यते त्रिधा ।
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति एषैव प्रकृतिः स्मृता ॥ ५ ॥

tiṣṭhatyetāsvavasthāsu bhedataḥ kalpyate tridhā |
sattvaṃ rajastama iti eṣaiva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā || 5 ||

These are again denominated the three qualities (trigunas), according to their different states, and these are the qualities of reality, brightness and darkness satva, rajas and tamas, which are designated also as the triple nature of things or their swabhavas or prakriti.
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 (6.9.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tishthat, Eta, Esha, Avastha, Bhedatah, Tridha, Sattva, Raja, Rajas, Tama, Tamas, Iti, Prakriti, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.9.5). 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: “tiṣṭhatyetāsvavasthāsu bhedataḥ kalpyate tridhā ”
tiṣṭhatye -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
etāsva -
etā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
avasthāsu -
avasthā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
bhedataḥ -
bhedataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√bhid (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
kalpyate -
√kḷp (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
tridhā -
tridhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sattvaṃ rajastama iti eṣaiva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā ”
sattvam -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
rajas -
rajas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rajas (noun, neuter)

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

raja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tama* -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
eṣai -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
prakṛtiḥ -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]