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 1.1.56

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राजोवाच ।
चिदानन्दस्वरूपे हि रामे चैतन्यविग्रहे ।
शापस्य कारणं ब्रूहि कः शप्ता चेति मे वद ॥ ५६ ॥

rājovāca |
cidānandasvarūpe hi rāme caitanyavigrahe |
śāpasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi kaḥ śaptā ceti me vada || 56 ||

The prince said: “Tell me who was the author of that imprecation, and how it could befall on Rama, who was the personification of consciousness and felicity, and the very image of wisdom.”
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 (1.1.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajan, Raj, Cidananda, Svarupa, Rama, Rami, Caitanya, Vigraha, Shapa, Karana, Kah, Shaptri, Shapta, Ceti, Asmad, Vada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.56). 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: “rājovāca ”
rājo -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√rāj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second 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: “cidānandasvarūpe hi rāme caitanyavigrahe ”
cidānanda -
cidānanda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cidānanda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svarūpe -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rāme -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

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

rāmā (noun, feminine)

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

rāmi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
caitanya -
caitanya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caitanya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vigrahe -
vigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vigraha (noun, neuter)

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

vigrahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 3: “śāpasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi kaḥ śaptā ceti me vada ”
śāpasya -
śāpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brūhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaptā -
śaptṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śaptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śap -> śaptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śap class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śap class 4 verb]

√śap (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√śap (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
ceti -
ceti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, neuter)

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

cetī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

cetī (noun, feminine)

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

cetī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]