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 6.33.48

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घनप्रवाहयाऽकस्माच्चित्तेहा सैव वर्धते ।
य एवोच्चैःस्वरस्तन्त्र्याः स एवाक्रामति श्रुतिम् ॥ ४८ ॥

ghanapravāhayā'kasmāccittehā saiva vardhate |
ya evoccaiḥsvarastantryāḥ sa evākrāmati śrutim || 48 ||

The thought that is predominant in the mind, naturally prevails over the fainter and weaker ones, as the highest pitch in music suppresses the bass tones, and takes possession of the ear.
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 (6.33.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ghana, Pravaha, Akasmat, Citta, Citti, Yah, Eva, Uccaihsvara, Tantri, Sah, Kramat, Shruti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.33.48). 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: “ghanapravāhayā'kasmāccittehā saiva vardhate ”
ghana -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravāha -
pravāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pravāha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yā' -
akasmāc -
akasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
citte -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

citti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
ihā -
sai -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “ya evoccaiḥsvarastantryāḥ sa evākrāmati śrutim ”
ya* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evo -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uccaiḥsvaras -
uccaiḥsvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tantryāḥ -
tantri (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tantrī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
krāmati -
krāmat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

krāmat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√kram -> krāmat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kram class 1 verb]

√kram -> krāmat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kram class 1 verb]

√kram (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
śrutim -
śruti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]