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 7.21.3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
व्याचष्टे यः पठति च शास्त्रं भोगाय शिल्पिवत् ।
यतते न त्वनुष्ठाने ज्ञानबन्धुः स उच्यते ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
vyācaṣṭe yaḥ paṭhati ca śāstraṃ bhogāya śilpivat |
yatate na tvanuṣṭhāne jñānabandhuḥ sa ucyate || 3 ||

Vasishtha replied:—He who reads the sastras, and practices his learning as a practitioner for earning his livelihood, without endeavouring to investigate into the principles of his knowledge, is called a friend to learning.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.21.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Vya, Yah, Pathat, Shastra, Bhoga, Tva, Anushthana, Jnana, Bandhu, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.21.3). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vasiṣṭha* -
  • vasiṣṭha (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: “vyācaṣṭe yaḥ paṭhati ca śāstraṃ bhogāya śilpivat
  • vyā -
  • vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • acaṣṭe -
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paṭhati -
  • paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]
    paṭh -> paṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √paṭh class 1 verb]
    paṭh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śāstram -
  • śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhogāya -
  • bhoga (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhoga (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Cannot analyse śilpivat
  • Line 3: “yatate na tvanuṣṭhāne jñānabandhuḥ sa ucyate
  • yatate -
  • yat (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anuṣṭhāne -
  • anuṣṭhāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • jñāna -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bandhuḥ -
  • bandhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.21.3

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.21.3 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
વ્યાચષ્ટે યઃ પઠતિ ચ શાસ્ત્રં ભોગાય શિલ્પિવત્ ।
યતતે ન ત્વનુષ્ઠાને જ્ઞાનબન્ધુઃ સ ઉચ્યતે ॥ ૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 7.21.3 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
వ్యాచష్టే యః పఠతి చ శాస్త్రం భోగాయ శిల్పివత్ ।
యతతే న త్వనుష్ఠానే జ్ఞానబన్ధుః స ఉచ్యతే ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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