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 1.18.51

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वायोर्दीपस्य मनसो गच्छतो ज्ञायते गतिः ।
आगच्छतश्च भगवञ्छरीरस्य कदाचन ॥ ५१ ॥

vāyordīpasya manaso gacchato jñāyate gatiḥ |
āgacchataśca bhagavañcharīrasya kadācana || 51 ||

We know not the course of our bodies (their transmigrations), as we do not know those of the winds, light and our thoughts; they all come and go, but from where and whither, we know nothing of.
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 (1.18.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vayu, Dipa, Manas, Manasa, Gacchat, Gati, Sha, Tas, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Sharira, Kada, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.51). 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: “vāyordīpasya manaso gacchato jñāyate gatiḥ ”
vāyor -
vāyu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dīpasya -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
manaso* -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gacchato* -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
jñāyate -
√jñā (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
gatiḥ -
gati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “āgacchataśca bhagavañcharīrasya kadācana ”
āgacch -
√ag (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
śa -
śa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taś -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhagavañch -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
śarīrasya -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]