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 6.78.20

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प्रेर्यते मनसा यस्माद्यष्ट्येव भुवि लोष्टकः ।
मनश्चैव जडं मन्ये संकल्पात्मकशक्ति यत् ॥ २० ॥

preryate manasā yasmādyaṣṭyeva bhuvi loṣṭakaḥ |
manaścaiva jaḍaṃ manye saṃkalpātmakaśakti yat || 20 ||

The mind moves the body as the bat drives the ball, and therefore it must be dull matter also, being apart of the material body, and differing from it in its power of volition only.
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 (6.78.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pra, Manasa, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Yashti, Eva, Bhu, Loshtaka, Mana, Manas, Jada, Manya, Mani, Sankalpatmaka, Shaktin, Shakti, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.78.20). 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: “preryate manasā yasmādyaṣṭyeva bhuvi loṣṭakaḥ ”
pre -
pra (noun, masculine)

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

pra (noun, neuter)

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

prā (noun, feminine)

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

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
iryate -
√ir (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]
manasā* -
manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yasmād -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
yaṣṭye -
yaṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

yaṣṭi (noun, neuter)

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

yaṣṭī (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
loṣṭakaḥ -
loṣṭaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “manaścaiva jaḍaṃ manye saṃkalpātmakaśakti yat ”
manaś -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
jaḍam -
jaḍa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jaḍa (noun, neuter)

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

jaḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
manye -
manya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

manya (noun, neuter)

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

manyā (noun, feminine)

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

manī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive first single]
saṅkalpātmaka -
saṅkalpātmaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpātmaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śakti -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śaktin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śaktin (noun, neuter)

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

śaktī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śaktī (noun, feminine)

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

śaktī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]