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 2.1.6

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विश्वामित्र उवाच ।
आत्मोदन्तसमं राम कथ्यमानमिदं मया ।
श्रृणु व्यासात्मजोदन्तं जन्मनामन्तकारणम् ॥ ६ ॥

viśvāmitra uvāca |
ātmodantasamaṃ rāma kathyamānamidaṃ mayā |
śrṛṇu vyāsātmajodantaṃ janmanāmantakāraṇam || 6 ||

Viswamitra answered: "Hear me relate to thee Rama, the narrative of Sukadeva, whose case was exactly like thine, and the narration of which is a preventive of future births.
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 (2.1.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishvamitra, Atman, Atma, Udanta, Samam, Sama, Rama, Kathyamana, Idam, Maya, Asmad, Vyasa, Udantam, Udat, Janmanaman, Takara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.1.6). 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: “viśvāmitra uvāca ”
viśvāmitra* -
viśvāmitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “ātmodantasamaṃ rāma kathyamānamidaṃ mayā ”
ātmo -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udanta -
udanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udanta (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
rāma -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
kathyamānam -
√kath -> kathyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
Line 3: “śrṛṇu vyāsātmajodantaṃ janmanāmantakāraṇam ”
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*vy
vyāsāt -
vyāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vyāsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jo -
ja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udantam -
udantam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

udanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

udanta (noun, neuter)

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

udantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ud -> udat (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ud class 6 verb]
janmanāman -
janmanāman (noun, neuter)

[vocative single]
takāra -
takāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṇam -
ṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]