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 7.173.4

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पादपस्य यथा पत्रे पत्रतायां यथाग्रहः ।
सर्वात्मनस्तथा वृक्षे वृक्षतायां तथाग्रहः ॥ ४ ॥

pādapasya yathā patre patratāyāṃ yathāgrahaḥ |
sarvātmanastathā vṛkṣe vṛkṣatāyāṃ tathāgrahaḥ || 4 ||

As the leaf of a tree is considered only as a leaf or part of the tree, so the universal soul residing in the tree (as vegetable life), passes under the designation of a tree 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 (7.173.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Padapa, Yatha, Patra, Agraha, Sarvatman, Tatha, Vriksha, Vrikshat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.173.4). 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: “pādapasya yathā patre patratāyāṃ yathāgrahaḥ ”
pādapasya -
pādapa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
patre -
patra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
patra -
patra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāyām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
agrahaḥ -
agraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sarvātmanastathā vṛkṣe vṛkṣatāyāṃ tathāgrahaḥ ”
sarvātmanas -
sarvātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sarvātman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vṛkṣe -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)

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

√vṛkṣ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
vṛkṣatā -
√vṛkṣ -> vṛkṣat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vṛkṣ class 1 verb]

√vṛkṣ -> vṛkṣat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vṛkṣ class 1 verb]

√vṛkṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
ayām -
e (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agrahaḥ -
agraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]