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 1.3.4

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स चेह संभवत्येव तदर्थमिदमाततम् ।
शास्त्रमाकर्णयसि चेत्तत्त्वमाप्स्यसि नान्यथा ॥ ४ ॥

sa ceha saṃbhavatyeva tadarthamidamātatam |
śāstramākarṇayasi cettattvamāpsyasi nānyathā || 4 ||

It is possible here (on earth) to attain to this knowledge (of worldly vanities) which is fully expounded herein: if you will listen to it attentively, you shall get at the truth and not otherwise.
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 (1.3.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sambhava, Tyad, Sya, Tadartha, Idam, Atata, Shastra, Akarna, Asi, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.3.4). 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: “sa ceha saṃbhavatyeva tadarthamidamātatam ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ceha -
√cah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
sambhava -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tye -
tyad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

syā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tadartham -
tadartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tadartha (noun, neuter)

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

tadarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātatam -
ātata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ātata (noun, neuter)

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

ātatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√at (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second dual]
Line 2: “śāstramākarṇayasi cettattvamāpsyasi nānyathā ”
śāstram -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ākarṇa -
ākarṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākarṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
Cannot analyse cettattvamāpsyasi*nā
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]