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 6.9.6

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अविद्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि गुणत्रितयधर्मिणीम् ।
एषैव संसृतिर्जन्तोरस्याः पारं परं पदम् ॥ ६ ॥

avidyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi guṇatritayadharmiṇīm |
eṣaiva saṃsṛtirjantorasyāḥ pāraṃ paraṃ padam || 6 ||

Know all nature to be characterised by ignorance of the triple states of the positive and comparative and superlative degrees;these are inbred in all living beings, except the Being that is beyond them, and which is the supreme one.
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 (6.9.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avidya, Prakriti, Gunatritaya, Dharmini, Esha, Samsriti, Jantu, Rasya, Para, Param, Pada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.9.6). 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: “avidyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi guṇatritayadharmiṇīm ”
avidyām -
avidyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
prakṛtim -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
guṇatritaya -
guṇatritaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmiṇīm -
dharmiṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “eṣaiva saṃsṛtirjantorasyāḥ pāraṃ paraṃ padam ”
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]
saṃsṛtir -
saṃsṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jantor -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
rasyāḥ -
rasya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rasyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√ras -> rasya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √ras class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √ras class 10 verb]

√ras -> rasyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √ras class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √ras class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √ras class 10 verb]
pāram -
pāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāra (noun, neuter)

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

pārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

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