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 7.22.4

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अपुनर्जन्मने यः स्याद्बोधः स ज्ञानशब्दभाक् ।
वसनाशनदा शेषा व्यवस्था शिल्पजीविका ॥ ४ ॥

apunarjanmane yaḥ syādbodhaḥ sa jñānaśabdabhāk |
vasanāśanadā śeṣā vyavasthā śilpajīvikā || 4 ||

The sense of one's liberation from the doom of birth and death, is the true meaning of the word knowledge; or else the art of procuring simple food and raiment, is the practice of artificers 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 (7.22.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apunar, Janman, Yah, Syat, Sya, Bodha, Jnana, Shabdabhaj, Vasana, Ashana, Shesha, Vyavastha, Shilpajivika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.22.4). 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: “apunarjanmane yaḥ syādbodhaḥ sa jñānaśabdabhāk ”
apunar -
apunar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
janmane -
janman (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
bodhaḥ -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śabdabhāk -
śabdabhāj (noun, masculine)

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

śabdabhāj (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vasanāśanadā śeṣā vyavasthā śilpajīvikā ”
vasanā -
vasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vasanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśana -
aśana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśana (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
śeṣā* -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vyavasthā -
vyavasthā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]