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 6.29.117

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ईश्वर उवाच ।
शृणु ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठ देवार्चनमनुत्तमम् ।
वदामि मुच्यते येन कृतेन सकृदेव हि ॥ ११७ ॥

īśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha devārcanamanuttamam |
vadāmi mucyate yena kṛtena sakṛdeva hi || 117 ||

The god replied:—Hear me, O Brahman, that art best acquainted with the knowledge of Brahma; tell you about the best mode of worshipping the gods, and the performance of which is sure to set the worshipper free.
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 (6.29.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishvara, Brahmavid, Brahmavida, Shreshtha, Devarcana, Anuttama, Yena, Yah, Yat, Kritena, Krita, Sakrit, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.29.117). 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: “īśvara uvāca ”
īśvara* -
īśvara (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: “śṛṇu brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha devārcanamanuttamam ”
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
brahmavidām -
brahmavid (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

brahmavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

brahmavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śreṣṭha -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
devārcanam -
devārcana (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

anuttama (noun, neuter)

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

anuttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “vadāmi mucyate yena kṛtena sakṛdeva hi ”
vadāmi -
√vad (verb class 1)

[present active first single]
mucyate -
√muc (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√muc (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√muñc (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kṛtena -
kṛtena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [instrumental single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
sakṛd -
sakṛt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sakṛt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sakṛt (noun, masculine)

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

sakṛt (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]