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 1.18.9

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तात संतरणार्थेन गृहीतायां पुनःपुनः ।
नावि देहलतायां च कस्य स्यादात्मभावना ॥ ९ ॥

tāta saṃtaraṇārthena gṛhītāyāṃ punaḥpunaḥ |
nāvi dehalatāyāṃ ca kasya syādātmabhāvanā || 9 ||

What man is there, O venerable fathers! that would stoop to reflect within himself, that this body is repeatedly assumed only to serve him as a boat to pass over the sea of the world.
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 (1.18.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tata, Santarana, Artha, Grihita, Puna, Nau, Dehalata, Kah, Kim, Syat, Sya, Atmabhava, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.9). 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: “tāta saṃtaraṇārthena gṛhītāyāṃ punaḥpunaḥ ”
tāta -
tāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
santaraṇā -
santaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

santaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

santaraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthena -
artha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
gṛhītāyām -
gṛhītā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√grah -> gṛhītā (participle, feminine)

[locative single from √grah class 9 verb]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “nāvi dehalatāyāṃ ca kasya syādātmabhāvanā ”
nāvi -
nāvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
dehalatāyām -
dehalatā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kasya -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ātmabhāva -
ātmabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]