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 1.18.39

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मरणावसरे काया जीवं नानुसरन्ति ये ।
तेषु तात कृतघ्नेषु कैवास्था वद धीमताम् ॥ ३९ ॥

maraṇāvasare kāyā jīvaṃ nānusaranti ye |
teṣu tāta kṛtaghneṣu kaivāsthā vada dhīmatām || 39 ||

The body does not follow the soul upon death; tell me Sir, what regard should the learned have for such an ungrateful thing as this.
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 (1.18.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Marana, Avasare, Avasara, Kaya, Jiva, Nanu, Sarat, Saranti, Yah, Yat, Tad, Tata, Kritaghna, Eva, Tha, Vada, Dhimat, Dhimata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.39). 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: “maraṇāvasare kāyā jīvaṃ nānusaranti ye ”
maraṇā -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avasare -
avasare (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avasara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kāyā* -
kāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jīvam -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīva (noun, neuter)

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

jīvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jīv -> jīvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jīv]

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

jīvan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
nānu -
nānū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
saranti -
sarat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sṛ -> sarat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb]

√sṛ -> sarantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sṛ class 1 verb]

√sṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “teṣu tāta kṛtaghneṣu kaivāsthā vada dhīmatām ”
teṣu -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
tāta -
tāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛtaghneṣu -
kṛtaghna (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kṛtaghna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
kai -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evās -
eva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
thā* -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dhīmatām -
dhīmat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dhīmat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dhīmatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]