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 5.56.13

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अकर्तृ कुर्वदप्येतच्चेतः प्रतनुवासनम् ।
दूरं गतमना जन्तुः कथासंश्रवणे यथा ॥ १३ ॥

akartṛ kurvadapyetaccetaḥ pratanuvāsanam |
dūraṃ gatamanā jantuḥ kathāsaṃśravaṇe yathā || 13 ||

The man who is unrelated with the actions which he does, but bears a mind which is free from desires, such as the mind of a man engrossed with other thoughts; he is sensible of what he hears and sees, with his organs only, without being affected by them.
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 (5.56.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kurvat, Api, Apya, Etad, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Pratanu, Vasana, Duram, Dura, Gatamanas, Jantu, Katha, Asamshravane, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.56.13). 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: “akartṛ kurvadapyetaccetaḥ pratanuvāsanam ”
akartṛ -
akartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kurvad -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

kurvat (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
apye -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

apya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

apyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
etac -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cetaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

pratanu (noun, neuter)

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

pratanu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vāsanam -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

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

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “dūraṃ gatamanā jantuḥ kathāsaṃśravaṇe yathā ”
dūram -
dūram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dūra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dūra (noun, neuter)

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

dūrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
gatamanā* -
gatamanas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jantuḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kathā -
katha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asaṃśravaṇe -
asaṃśravaṇe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]