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 1.9.9

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स्वधर्मं प्रतिपद्यस्व न धर्मं हातुमर्हसि ।
मुनेस्त्रिभुवनेशस्य वचनं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ९ ॥

svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva na dharmaṃ hātumarhasi |
munestribhuvaneśasya vacanaṃ kartumarhasi || 9 ||

Preserve thy virtue and think not to break thy faith, comply with the request of the sage who is honoured in all the three worlds.
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 (1.9.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svadharma, Pratipad, Pratipadi, Pratipadya, Asva, Dharma, Hatu, Muni, Tribhuvana, Isha, Vacana, Kartu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.9.9). 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: “svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva na dharmaṃ hātumarhasi ”
svadharmam -
svadharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svadharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

svadharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
pratipadya -
pratipadī (noun, feminine)

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

pratipadya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipadya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipad (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [locative single]
asva -
asva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hātum -
√hā -> hātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √hā]

√hā -> hātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √hā]

hātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
Line 2: “munestribhuvaneśasya vacanaṃ kartumarhasi ”
munes -
muni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tribhuvane -
tribhuvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tribhuvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
īśasya -
īśa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

īśa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vacanam -
vacana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vacana (noun, neuter)

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

vacanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kartum -
√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

kartu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kartu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]